6 Burst results for "United States Consulate"
KSFO-AM
"united states consulate" Discussed on KSFO-AM
"Next weapons related disaster. Um, now that every terrorist crackpot in the world realizes the cheapest way to make WMD and every nation state adversary does as well is in a lab with a virus. We got to get ahead and start to develop the ability to use biosensors. How involved do intelligence agencies need to be in an effort like that, like does there need to be more crossing they should be more involved because the intelligence community is involved in monitoring. The customs border. Protection of the United States. Consulate they customs border CBP, the agency that protects us or anybody else from bad actors, right? Not just illegal immigration. I mean, they stopped more terrorism CBP than any other intelligence agency. As far as I know, um, they have a huge intelligence capability. They tell like some Merced one of the big shipping lines instead of container with something suspect in it, right. Well, they tell Marist on off load that thing they say there's United Airlines. You gotta fight and there's somebody on there. Who's they think of the threat? They said, Get the guy off the plane or never take off to begin with used to press so they provided. Law enforcement and intelligence leads to, uh, the private sector. We don't do that. Um with you know, with with information related to like, Let's say the Chinese just trying to steal from our own biotech sector advanced. There's let alone that property like if they had There is somebody traveling the United States that was suspected of having covid 19. You know, we need to build to take him off the airplane. If I mean, you know, I mean, some of the some of this we don't even have we have the capability to do it against terrorism. We don't have the capability to do it against bioterrorism Having and I'm not saying that Chinese bio terrorized our country directly. They had a lab accident, but they covered it up and then when they covered it up, essentially weaponized the virus the way it spread around the world. If they told us in November that they had a terrible accident in October, and they were feeling they felt that it was starting to spread outside of the borders in Wuhan. Across the world and said, You've got to help us. Shut your borders down. We're shutting ours down. We could have stopped. This thing is tracks. What do they say that the the cover of did have they lied. They said it couldn't spread to human human. And then Fauci and thousands believed him and said, Oh, but it's the cancer Friday. Symptomatically his co Verona viruses don't do that. And they were thinking about SARS was speaking of believing that, speaking of believing the Chinese, so did the sort of the World Health Organization which This administration. The Biden administration has rejoined. How how do you feel about that? I mean, do we need on some level? Do we need their help? Yes, I think for the good of all, we should have a World health organization. But we shouldn't let the Chinese Communist government running. I mean, we still give the most money to it. We should be order. We should be calling the shots. They're not the Chinese. I mean, and they could be one of the you know they needed more of an I A e, A like the International Atomic Energy Agency ability to investigations to collect their own into Intelligence. They can't just be the servile organization that rolls over and plays dead when the Chinese and vitamin to their country to supposedly investigating. They don't but there's a few other things that we need to do here. We can need a 9 11 like commission because, um, the loss of life just to the American people and the number of people whose lives have been effectively ruined by this in our economy, which probably lost between 18 and 20% of GDP. I mean, how do you confident? Why didn't we know more about what was going on with China's Do use program? It's lack of lab safety. Even when you're on stage department cables indicated there was lab safety. We don't even understand. Frankly, there's more than one Wuhan instead of virology. I mean, I have problems with the government sometimes because they do understand that there's two facilities. One that probably emanated. This crisis is not the one where this Australian lady was, a researcher said. It's run with great efficiency. No, they were using the old Wuhan Institute. It appears for most of this most dangerous research. Because no one was looking there. They think that they're eventually going to shut it down, But they didn't shake them. And so they seem to stick all this dangerous research over there and as the doctor she, the bat Lady told The New York Times last two week before last They were doing the most dangerous bad coronavirus research in a BSL two level lab. Richard Ebright, the professor at Rutgers, who's famous biologist, compares that to the lab safety level of the dentist's office. In other words, they should have been doing it at BSL Level four. Of course, which they had. And this woman this Australian. I don't think she's lying. She's like she I worked in BSL border. We didn't do anything like that. Exactly. They didn't put this where it belongs. Okay. Why They did that. They didn't do that at the Chinese. We don't know. We'll never know exactly what happened till we get access to his lab. How are we going to get access and slap Where's the FBI? How about we put 15 or $20 million on the head of every single senior person at the Wuhan Institute, who wants to the fact the United States of America or to one of our allies? I mean, that's what I do. That's what we did when we're going after the Soviet Union's programs, you know, I mean, you know, this is caused so much damage. I think if we don't respond to this Indirect, probably in deliberate attack against us in the world and just let them off the hook, then this is going to send a message when they want to take Taiwan or when they want to attack. Japan or in attack United States some base that we're going to be Unwilling to defend ourselves. David Ascher, former State Department now at the Hudson Institute. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you for your time..
KQED Radio
"united states consulate" Discussed on KQED Radio
"I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro. U. S policy in the Middle East is taking another sharp turn. Last week, The Biden administration said it would resume diplomatic relations with Palestinian leaders and restore contributions to a U. N agency, which provides aid to the Palestinians. The new administration also emphasized U. S commitment to the quote two state solution, which envisions a sovereign and separate Palestine and Israel. It is a rejection of the heavily pro Israeli approach of the Trump Administration. But after four years of being frozen out, what's the state of Palestinian attitudes towards the U. S. Riyadh? Mansoor is the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, and he joins us now. Welcome to the program for Thank you very much for having me ambassador men swore under President Trump the U. S recognized Israel's claim to Jerusalem is its capital moved its embassy to Jerusalem, a city. The Palestinians also claim as their capital, Theo, US also presented a peace proposal that left Israeli settlements in the West Bank in place. In your view, where have those policies left the Palestinians? Those policies created so much damage to the aspirations of the Palestinian people to actualize their inalienable rights to self determination. Independence off their state and the Trump Administration tried over the years to convince the international community including in the Security Council to abandon the global consensus based on international law to the vision of president from Luckily, the international community rejected that and supported the global consensus on how to resolve this issue. Well, the new Secretary of state Anthony Blinken, says the U. S. Will not move the embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem and the bite administration. Does recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Several Arab countries now have relationships with Israel also, and Palestinians were not. Part of those negotiations. Is the Palestinian position weaker now? I mean, there have been substantial shifts that do not look like they will be rolled back. Well, you see, the new administration said many things and they said they are still committed to the two state solution on. They also said progress Must be based on consultation with both sides on their consent. Do you see the issue of Jerusalem as something that is now? Fed are complete. I mean, with not only the United States, but several other countries moving their embassies to Jerusalem. Does that not make it more difficult? It makes things difficult and it's complicated. We are Honoring and respecting international Law and Security Council resolutions. It is also that the Jerusalem is one off the issues for final status negotiations. In addition to all these things, the Bison administration instead that they want to re establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian leadership and their people. I want understanding. That doesn't mean only having our office three opened in Washington, D C but also re opening the United States Consulate in East Jerusalem. Which deals directly with the Palestinian people and report directly to the State Department, But we need through diplomatic channels to discuss away these issues. Andre to propose certain steps that could be taken one. We are moving forward in the direction off opening those for peace. Do you feel more optimistic now with this new administration that negotiations will restart and the claims of the Palestinian people will be fully looked at by the United States in a way that perhaps they were not in the last four years. Was definitely you know, we hope and we expect that the these four years ahead of us will definitely be different than the four years behind us. But we also realized that there are some money. Big issues on the plate off the Biden administration that requires some time. But that means that we should engage through quiet diplomacy toe raise all the questions that we should praise and try to find. Answers to them collectively in preparation for more off an active engagement with all of our partners in order to have a collective approach, not only on approach in which one party to be the shepherd off the process, and these are encouraging signals that would amount of us to learn from the lessons of the past. And to avoid the mistakes of the past and to move forward in a creative, different way that Israel Mansoor, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, thank you very much. You're very welcome. Thank you for having me..
WNYC 93.9 FM
"united states consulate" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro. U. S policy in the Middle East is taking another sharp turn. Last week, The Biden administration said it would resume diplomatic relations with Palestinian leaders and restore contributions to a U. N agency, which provides aid to the Palestinians. The new administration also emphasized U. S commitment to the quote two state solution, which envisions a sovereign and separate Palestine and Israel. It is a rejection of the heavily pro Israeli approach of the Trump Administration. But after four years of being frozen out, what's the state of Palestinian attitudes towards the U. S? Riyadh? Mansoor is the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, and he joins us Now. Welcome to the program, sir. You very much for having me ambassador months were under President Trump the U. S recognized Israel's claim to Jerusalem is its capital moved its embassy to Jerusalem, a city the Palestinians also claim as their capital. Three US also presented a peace proposal that left Israeli settlements in the West Bank in place. In your view, where have those policies left the Palestinians? Those policies created so much damage to the aspirations of the Palestinian people to actualize their inalienable rights to self determination. Independence off their state and the Trump administration tried over the years to convince the international community including in the Security Council to abandon the global consensus based on international law. So the vision of President Trump. Luckily, the international community rejected that and supported the global consensus on how to resolve this issue. Well, the new Secretary of state Anthony Blinken, says the U. S. Will not move the embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem and the bite administration does recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Several Arab countries now have relationships with Israel also, and Palestinians were not part of those negotiations. Is the Palestinian position weaker now. I mean, there have been substantial shifts that do not look like they will be rolled back. Well, you see, the new administration said many things And they said they are still committed to the two state solution on. They also said progress must be based on consultation with both sides on their consent. Do you see the issue of Jerusalem as something that is now? Ah, fete accompli. I mean, with not only the United States, but several other Countries moving their embassies to Jerusalem. Does that not make it more difficult? It makes things difficult and it's complicated. We are honoring and respecting international Law and Security Council resolutions. It is also that Jerusalem is one off the issues for final status negotiations. In addition to all these things, the Bison administration instead that they want to re establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian leadership and their people. Our understanding. That doesn't mean only having our office three opened in Washington, D C but also re opening the United States Consulate in East Jerusalem. Which deals directly with the Palestinian people and report directly to the State Department. What we need through diplomatic channels to discuss away these issues, Andre to propose certain steps that could be taken while we are moving forward in the direction off opening doors for peace. Do you feel more optimistic? Now, with this new administration that negotiations will restart in the claims of the Palestinian people will be fully looked at by the United States in a way that perhaps they were not in the last four years. Was definitely you know, we hope and we expect that the these four years ahead of us will definitely be different than the four years behind us. But we also realized that there are some money. Big issues on the plate off the Biden administration that requires some time, but that means that we should engage through acquired diplomacy. We owe raise all the questions that we should praise and try to find answers to them collectively in preparation for more off an active Engagement with all of our partners in order to have a collective approach, not only on approach in which one party to be the shepherd off the process, and these are encouraging signals that would allow us to learn from the lessons of the past. And to avoid the mistakes of the past and to move forward in a creative, different way. That is real man store Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations. Thank you very much. You're very welcome. Thank you for having me. Mm hmm. In the aftermath of the January 6th assault on Congress. Thousands of Republicans have left their party as Colorado's pub. As Colorado public radio's Andrew Kenny explains, those voters have headed in very different directions. Mildara had been a Republican all his life. That changed soon after the riot at the U. S Capitol. I was just completely shocked and shamed. You know, that's not who I think of the Republican who we were and who we are, and so you know, there's something that I felt that I could no longer be a support of that party. Dara voted for Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020. Now he's a registered Democrat. And he jokes that he and his wife won't cancel each other's votes out anymore always cheat each other taking me about I'll go Drop it off for you, Linc, Linc and And so now, you know, now we're unified voting for Matt. According to voter registration data. He was one of about 4600 people to quit the GOP in Colorado in the week after the riot. That's about seven times higher than the normal number of people who switched parties in a typical week, and it didn't happen for any other party. There's a similar story playing out in other states, too. But not all of those defectors are becoming Democrats. Some say the Republican Party hasn't done enough to support Trump and instead became unaffiliated voters. We've all been living a lie, and then told a lie. Sarah Walker lives near Dara in rural county. She thinks GOP leaders betrayed Trump by partially blaming him for the violence and refusing to overturn the election. There's only one Party in America, and it's a party that's not four Americans that's for corporations and businesses and media moguls that think they can silence our voices and our boats. Now she's not sure if or when she'll vote again. In far western Colorado, Phil Truby, a shared some of that skepticism I'm gonna do you kind of looking out who's an establishment Republican, and who's not he and his wife switched to the American Constitution Party. He used to be a straight ticket GOP voter, But not anymore, he says. I do feel there is a split. Yeah, there could be now The overall number of party switchers is pretty small compared to the millions of voters here in Colorado, but it's an illustration of a big problem facing the GOP, says Ryan, winger of the Republican pollster. Magellan strategies, You know, no matter what sport in the road they choose. They're clearly going to lose what is currently a part of their collection or what has.
Mike Gallagher
Tony Chung: Hong Kong activist detained near US consulate charged
"A student. Pro democracy protester in Hong Kong denied bail following his arrest by Chinese authorities. On Tuesday, Tony Cheung was arrested in a Hong Kong coffee shop across the road from the United States consulate. According to other activists, he was hoping to enter the consulate in orderto ask for political asylum. Today. He appeared in court on charges relating to the city's draconian state Security law and was denied bail, is accused of conspiracy to publish seditious material. Secession and money laundering. Former later of a small activist group known as student Localism, will be held in custody until his next court appearance in January.
South Florida's First News with Jimmy Cefalo
China takes over closed U.S. Consulate in Chengdu
"Tensions with China worry investors Thie American flag over the United States consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu was lowered over the weekend. It was a symbolic moment that marked the worsening relationship between Washington and
Mass Wealth Radio with Jake Lowrey
Staff leave China's Houston consulate
"Of workers at China's consulate earlier this week in Houston began taking shape last night. ABC is Marcus Moore has more on why the State Department called for it and what China has done since China's Foreign Ministry, calling the move, quote a legitimate and necessary response. To the unreasonable actions of the United States. Consulate Workers in Houston scramble to get out packing you holes with garbage bags, shredded paper littering the ground Anonymous videos posted on social media days ago showing staff burning documents in the courtyard. We have done nothing wrong, and we've just come here from the board of a senior State Department official, saying China directed quote midline and criminal activities from behind these towering walls. NBC's