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Biden’s State of the Union and the Spy Balloon: More Missed Opportunities

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Biden’s State of the Union and the Spy Balloon: More Missed Opportunities
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listen in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty Images
Bradley A. Thayer
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President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was notable for its glancing reference to the Chinese spy balloon that drifted over parts of Canada and the United States. If you blinked, you would have missed the guarded reference to an event that captivated the nation for a week.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
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Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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