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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Mitt Romney breaks from GOP to defend Biden response to Chinese spy balloon

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney has defended Joe Biden’s response to the Chinese surveillance balloon incident, breaking from a party eager to admonish the administration with allegations that the president is ill-equipped to stand up against China.

Following a series of briefings from military officials, including a classified hearing on China’s surveillance operations, the senator from Utah said he “came away more confident” in the Biden administration’s response.

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