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FARA FRIDAY: India’s government has added Ferox Strategies to the ranks of its Washington lobbying firms. Ferox will provide “strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations assistance before the U.S. Government, the U.S. Congress, and select state governments, as well as academic institutions and think-tanks,” according to a copy of the contract, which runs through June 30.
April 30, 2021
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Two former secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice, reportedly told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday they’re concerned about the potential effects of President Joe Biden’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Rice and Clinton both expressed concern about protecting American diplomats in the country and the future of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts, according to Axios. Rice reportedly told the committee that American troops would eventually have to return if Biden’s withdrawal were carried out.
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BIDEN’S SENATE DEM RINGER: President Biden came into office with a built-in legislative advantage: He served in the Senate for 36 years and knows the ways of the chamber. But he’s got another leg-up as he deals with a Senate that’s changed plenty in the intervening 12 years: His vice president has fresher contacts, particularly in the Democratic Caucus. And in the run-up to Biden’s speech on Wednesday and introduction of his families plan, Vice President Kamala Harris was quietly reaching out to Senate Democrats to gauge their enthusiasm.
Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice spoke to Congress via Zoom on Thursday
Two ex-secretaries of state expressed unease about Afghanistan troop pullout, according to Axios
President Biden has committed to withdraw all US forces by September 11, 2021
Rice is said to have told lawmakers on Thursday that US may have to go back to Afghanistan
Both reportedly expressed concern about fallout from US troop withdrawal from country
Clinton was secretary of state under Biden s ex-boss, former President Obama
Rice was top US diplomat under George W. Bush, who launched Afghan war
Luria presses China experts on need for increased INDOPACOM presence
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Second District Congresswoman Elaine Luria pressed military and foreign policy experts Thursday on the Indo-Pacific region about the real and proximate threat posed by a rising Chinese navy, which is expected to exceed 400 ships in only a few years.
The questions came during a joint hearing between the HASC Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee.