U.S. spy chiefs pledge China will remain top focus, say Beijing is 'unsettled' by Russian invasion

By Tony Bertuca / March 8, 2022 at 3:59 PM
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines assured lawmakers today that long-term competition with China remains the U.S. intelligence community's No. 1 priority, but noted the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a challenge in which the "urgent" potentially "crowds out the important." “Unquestionably we’re going to stay focused on China,” she said during a hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. “China for us [is] absolutely unparalleled,” she continued, adding the intelligence community is “working very hard to...

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