Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach

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Biden acquiesced to the US military’s request to not act until the balloon was over water. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it wasMr Biden, who has sought to maintain communications with China and not allow tensions with Beijing to get out of control, said in a Noticias Telemundo interview that he did not regret shooting down the balloon sooner.

He said US military officials were worried that by shooting it down over land, the balloon and its parts could drop into a populated area.

 

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