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The death of FBI agents in Florida attracted Biden’s sadness: “A hell of a price to pay”
After his presidency’s first major police tragedy, Joe Biden expressed condolences to the families of two FBI agents killed on Tuesday as they attempted to comply with an injunction in connection with an investigation of child pornography and violence against children in Florida.
“They put their lives at risk and it’s a hell of a price to pay,” said Biden of the Oval Office. “And every day … in general, the vast majority of these men and women are decent and honorable people who put themselves in line. We owe them.”
He said he had not yet had a chance to speak with the victims’ families and did not plan to do so on Tuesday.
The 6 am shooting left FBI special agents dead, two in a hospital and one with minor injuries. The suspect was also killed. FBI director Christopher Wray identified the two dead agents as Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger. It was the deadliest day for the FBI since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT OUR MAIN HISTORY.
In other developments:
– FBI identifies dead agents who “exemplified heroism” in Fort Lauderdale shootings
– Florida dispatch audio reveals frightening moment when two FBI agents are shot dead
– Florida FBI agent killed fought child exploitation in the field and educated students in the classroom
– FBI overhauled weapons and armor for agents after deadly Florida shooting 35 years ago
– FBI gun background check statistics for January show people buying guns at ‘breakneck pace’, says expert
Ilhan Omar is targeted by the Republican Party for removal of House committees because Democrats focus on Greene
Republican Party lawmakers say they are looking this week to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., From his duties on the committee while Democrats are pushing for similar action against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Fox News learned .
A move proposed by the Republican Party calls for Omar, often identified as a member of the “Squad” of progressive Democrats, to be removed from his committee assignments “in light of the conduct she exhibited,” reported Fox News congressman Chad Pergram .
In the amendment, Republicans argue that Omar made anti-Semitic comments that are grounds for dismissal. Omar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
In other developments:
– Jim Jordan calls Dem ‘double standard’ amid Greene’s scrutiny
– Romney says GOP should distance itself from ‘crazy weeds’ like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
– Ilhan Omar devastates Wall Street because of the GameStop frenzy: Those who ‘cut off public access’ should go to prison
– MP Ilhan Omar asks Biden to support ‘recurring cash payments’ until the economy recovers
Nuclear war with China or Russia a ‘real possibility’, warns STRATCOM commander
The head of the U.S. Strategic Command is asking military and federal leaders to reinvent methods of deterring aggressive actions by rivals like China and Russia, including the “real possibility” of nuclear war.
In a rigorous assessment of the current geopolitical landscape, Commander Admiral Charles Richard of STRATCOM warned that China and Russia “began to aggressively challenge international norms” in “ways not seen since the height of the Cold War”.
Richard cited an increase in cyber attacks and “threats in space”, as well as his investments in advanced weapons, such as nuclear weapons. STRATCOM is responsible for the US nuclear deterrence.
“There is a real possibility that a regional crisis with Russia or China could quickly turn into a nuclear weapons conflict if they realize that a conventional loss would threaten the regime or the state,” wrote Richard in the February issue of ” Proceedings, “the US Naval Institute’s monthly magazine. “Consequently, the US military must shift its main assumption from ‘nuclear employment is not possible’ to ‘nuclear employment is a very real possibility’, and act to address and stop that reality.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
In other developments:
– North Korea probably ‘had help from China’ in the development of a new submarine-launched missile: Gordon Chang
– China will double its arsenal of nuclear warheads, says report
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SOME STARTING WORDS
Tucker Carlson criticized a New York University study saying there was no evidence to support the claims of conservative censorship.
“They didn’t hide their findings in footnotes, they went straight to the point in the title – ‘False accusations: the unfounded claim by social media companies to censor conservatives,'” Carlson said during Tuesday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight”.
“So it turns out that what we’ve been saying to you for years is not true, it’s just an unfounded statement. There is no truth to that. That’s what they concluded. It’s all in the paper.”
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