House Republicans are demanding answers after a top State Department official canceled a congressional subcommittee hearing ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing.
FOX news correspondent Gillian Turner reports China has been building its spy base in Cuba for the past five years on the ‘Special Report with Bret Baier.’
Republicans are speaking out again after Kritenbrink was scheduled to testify Wednesday morning at an annual budget meeting for the State Department’s East Asia and the Pacific Affairs, butAssistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink attends a press conference in Manila on Jan. 20, 2023.
"Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink could have easily testified to the Indo-Pacific Subcommittee as scheduled on Wednesday before his trip with Secretary Blinken two days later, on Friday," Kim told Fox News Digital in a statement."The State Department’s recent engagement with Beijing and refusal to comply with congressional oversight only warrants questions about their strategy to assert U.S. leadership against the Chinese Communist Party.
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