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What is the State Dept. Hiding from the Senate?

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Posted By: Judy W., 3/23/2023 9:20:50 AM

Secretary of State Antony Blinken just testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, during which he was confronted by minority committee member Rand Paul. As Senator Paul states, leaked State Department cables sent years prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic expressed alarm about lax security in Chinese Biosecurity Labs. As it turns out, the State Department was (yet another federal agency!) involved in coronavirus research projects, components of which were conducted in China. As Senator Paul emphasizes, the grant proposals and papers he has repeatedly requested are NOT classified. The trouble is not the legality of divulging them to the Senate, but the State Department’s refusal to divulge them.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: MickTurn 3/23/2023 9:32:11 AM (No. 1431599)
They are ALL Communists...an singing the CCP TUNE!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Venturer 3/23/2023 10:19:04 AM (No. 1431653)
It's no secret that the State Department considers themselves a higher authority than the President. They have had that thought for years . They consider themselves the "Professionals" they do this for a living, while the President is an amateur who only arrives and will be around for one term and perhaps two. Even Trump was sometimes swayed by them , a fact that probably won't happen if Trump is elected again. Trump made a lot of mistakes in his picks for his Administration and was led astray by these "professionals" I believe he will be able to get deeper into dissolving the Deep State if he is elected a second time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 3/23/2023 10:37:49 AM (No. 1431672)
As a preface, I am not a John McCain fan. The point is, McCain detested Blinken.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: wayneright 3/23/2023 10:48:09 AM (No. 1431681)
They let it all happen to hurt Trump. They did not care how many folks died.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: danu 3/23/2023 12:56:15 PM (No. 1431752)
her-LIARy's 'govt piggy bank' is full of professional lying piggies, who think their pigs are 'more equal' than others on animul pfarm.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/23/2023 1:52:27 PM (No. 1431790)
Will Republicans ever understand that they are not going to get any responses to requests and letters, and issue subpoenas?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: hisself 3/23/2023 3:55:07 PM (No. 1431888)
There is a simple solution - make it known that any Federal Agency that refuses to provide documents to Congress, will have ALL funding removed from future budgets.
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