Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that the Senate will receive a classified briefing on China on Feb. 15 in the wake of the surveillance balloon that traveled across part of the U.S. last week.
A classified briefing focused on China had already been scheduled for Feb. 15, but the briefing will now focus on the balloon, NBC News“At the all-Senators classified briefing the Department of Defense will brief us on how the U.S. military stacks up against China and the latest about the surveillance balloon," Schumer said in a news release.
Schumer has not yet received the briefing, but "the parameters usually involve where we stand with respect to China on everything from surveillance capabilities, research and development, advance weapons systems, and other critical platforms that would allow for either side to have an upper hand in a conflict," per the statement.
House Intelligence Chair Rep. Mike Turner , meanwhile, said Sunday: "I think this administration lacks urgency," referring to the balloon. Biden gave his authorization Wednesday to take down the surveillance balloon "as soon as the mission could be accomplished without undue risk to American lives under the balloon’s path," per the Department of Defense.
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