2021/01/22 12:55 Keith Krach. (TAITRA photo) Keith Krach. (TAITRA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) In response to being sanctioned by Beijing for his September visit to Taiwan, former State Department official Keith Krach described it as a badge of honor and refused to bow to the China bully. From Sept. 17-19, Krach, who was serving as the U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, paid an official visit to Taiwan. His trip was historic, as he was the highest-ranking State Department official to visit Taiwan since President Jimmy Carter severed diplomatic ties with the country in 1979. China responded to the trip by dispatching military aircraft on sorties over Taiwan s ADIZ on an almost daily basis for the next four months, with 17 incursions taking place so far in January alone. On Jan. 20, when President Joe Biden took office, China imposed sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials
Total deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States "will likely top 500,000 next month," President Joe Biden warned Thursday, as he explained his government's plan to curb the toll the disease has been taking on Americans.
A booklet titled "National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness" rests on a table in the White House, Jan. 21, 2021.Biden, in the White House Roosevelt Room, held up his 198-page plan in front of a group of reporters, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and his top medical adviser on the coronavirus, Dr.
“What we’re inheriting from the Trump administration is so much worse than we could have imagined,” President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 point man, Jeff Zients,
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Memes, Ranked. This week, we ve got Joe Biden and Lady Gaga, the vaccine announcement vs. the vaccine rollout, Donald Trump s note for Biden and, of course, Bernie Sanders at the inauguration.
4. Donald Trump s Note For Joe Biden
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After much speculation following a norm-breaking presidency, it was confirmed that Donald Trump did in fact leave a note in the Oval Office for Joe Biden, just as previous outgoing presidents had done for their successors. On Wednesday evening, Biden called the letter very generous but wouldn t divulge its contents. No need, really, as the internet had already let us know what the letter said.