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The White House accuses China of an increasing level of "aggressiveness" after military maneuvers led to two near collisions with US forces. "We're prepared to address it," National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
US Vice-President Kamala Harris condemns China's "intimidation and coercion in the South China Sea" during her trip to the Philippines island of Palawan, aiming to counter Beijing's growing influence in the region. SOUNDBITE
Business Insider reports that outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "multiculturalism" is un-American. "Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker," he said. "Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they're not who America is."
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia have been "putting Americans at risk for ten years" in Afghanistan and they "took seriously and handled appropriately" the intelligence over alleged Russian bounties to target US troops in Afghanistan. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of reprisals if Moscow interferes in next year's presidential election. SOUNDBITE