october 2016, a former state department official arranged for christopher steele to provide other state department officials the anti-trump dossier he compiled the dnc and the clinton campaign. that same month, mr. weiner gave information collected by clinton supporters, which he then passed on to the fbi. this conduct raises serious concerns under the hatch act, federal records act, and department policies. although then ig linnick has not acknowledged this conduct, he has not published any of his findings and admitted they did not interview any of the key players. are you aware of these issues and can you commit that the department will be responsive to our requests from senator grassley and myself? we need these documents. douglas: senator, we will do our best to be responsive. we understand the request. we are working through it, and i am familiar with the information you set forth with respect to the behavior that took place in october of 2016 in the state department. sen. johnson: were there any other specific incidents that asked for you to ask for the removal of the inspector ge

i'm not trying to suggest the state department always gets it right, because we don't i am i m saying that we need a strong and resilient department of state that is fullyfu funded, fully staffed and fully empowered to meet the challenges of the 21st century. and if that were the case today -- [applause] and if that were the case today, governmente u.s. would get itt right more often than we do today. so what do we need to do to reinvigorate the state department? i believe we need to recommit to our principles, rule of law, generosity of spirit, and understanding that we are stronger together both internally and externally with our allies and a commitment to put u.s. resources on the line together with others to make the world and more democratic, more prosperous, and more secure place. this is in the interest of others, but first and foremost, it is in our own interest. we need to be principled, consistent, trustworthy. as the provost noted i like to quote secretary of state george shultz who worked for president reagan. we need to tend the garden. we need to invest in our relations

i think you referred to working on policies that relate to transgender employees at the state department. what do you see as a priority for a diverse workforce in the department? we have to not only create equal treatment, but equality of opportunity. i was recently speaking with a foreign service officer who, with his husband, feels limited in the posts he can serve in worldwide. i was stunned that that was a consideration, but i know it is. looking at comedy countries actually -- looking at how many countries actually maintain laws that criminalize or even worse punish very severely the lgbti life. i never even thought about it in terms of somebody making career searches. i am of the view that we should be quite insistent that countries protect our diplomats. accreditation gives them certain rights in that respect, and also the immunities they bring with them. ,hat a minimum, less tolerant but we need to work at that. i was sobered by that example. it is one of many i had in recent weeks of really having an opportunity because of some of the challenges our society is facing today, to t

further actions, including further actions with respect to human rights violations that the department of state and department of treasure are working to complete. >> mr. secretary, yesterday, i don't know if you had a chance to see the hearing in the house of representatives regarding some of the tech companies operating in the united states and i will read you some of the comments made when asked whether or not china is stealing information from them. apple ceo tim cook said he had no personal knowledge about chinese technology theft. jeff bezos says no firsthand experience beyond knockoff products. google ceo said that they didn't have any experience, later had clarified that remark. can you talk about the tech and china and what you see and what's happening? is it true that there's no chinese technology theft of u.s. companies? >> well they need to get out more. i mean there's a long history, decades long history, of chinese intellectual property threat, against including technologies, and i hear it. sometimes the case you hear privately because there's continued threats made against their

the billions we allocate to the state department, the u.s. agency for international development, and other federal agencies tasked with carrying out american interests in promoting freedom and democracy throughout the world account for roughly only 1% of our federal budget. yet, we have made the world better, safer, and healthier while improving the security of generations here at home. we have supported the near stemmedion of polio and this scourge of hiv aids. we have increased access to health services so fewer mothers must walk for hours to get wellness checks of themselves and their babies. individuals and communities and countries recover following natural disasters and provided support for vulnerable migrants and those displaced by wars and famine. we have intervened to relieve suffering from atrocities in the balkans and darfur. we have advanced equity and opportunity for women so that they, their children and their communities might prosper. said, education is the single greatest force multiplier in foreign aid and contributing to ma

i say we, not the state department alone. but all the united states government. i'm confident we will be in this one as well. >> why wouldn't you be willing to opine on a specific individual if you had information to suggest that the source was not credible? it seems if that is in fact the function of the u.s. government. if it has information to -- that would suggest maligned influence to let congress and the american people know. >> yeah. so when it's appropriate i will. when there's still work ongoing and there's still unsettled intelligence around these things i'm going to try to be just a little bit more careful, senator. >> let be turn to china for a moment. china is clearly seeking to use the united states' failure to control covid as a means to leapfrog us in our traditional leadership position when it comes to global health. senator romney referred to this earlier. i think we've given two big gifts to the chinese since the beginning of this outbreak. the first was the president's just remarkable fawning over china's earlier response to the virus 47 diffe

i say we, not the state department alone. all of the united states government.'m confident we will be in this one as well. >> why wouldn't you be willing to opine on a specific individual if you had information to suggest that the source was not credible? it seems as if that is in fact a core function ot u.s. government. if it is information to -- that -- that would suggest malign influence, to let congress and the american people know. >> yeah. when it's appropriate, i will. when there's still work ongoing and still unsettled intelligence around these things, i'm going to try to be just a little bit more careful, senator. >> let me turn to china for a moment. china's clearly seeking to use the united states' failure to control covid as a means to leapfrog us in our traditional leadership position. senator romney referred to this earlier. i think we've given two big gifts to the chinese since the beginning of this outbreak. the first was the president's just remarkable fawning over china's early response to the virus 47 different times. he commended china for th

you described the challenges of the state department, the issues the state department is facing. can you give them some advice as they think about their future careers, future careers in the state department or elsewhere? what advice based on your experience can you give them? ms. yovanovitch: so i think the first piece of advice is to follow your passion. because i think if you really love numbers and economic theory, you should be doing something with that. if you really love something else, you should follow that, that calling. sometimes i think for smart people who have all the opportunities being at indiana university, sometimes the challenge is to narrow it down. but i think that is a good problem to have, not a bad problem to have. so i think deciding what you like to do the most and then following that. i would say that one can make a difference in the world in many different ways. i was just talking to representative hamilton. he was talking about being a lawyer and that satisfying for a number of years, but then he wanted to move on and go into politics to make a bigger

nobody had ever heard of the secretary of defense calling for more resources for the state department, but as secretary of state condi rice would like to remind me, i had more military people desperate more people know to advance advanced than n the foreign service. so with respect to over militarization, it kind of recalls the old principle that if the only tool you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail. and so i think we began to look at international problems to that lands, and that was one of the reasons, in my view, that we over militarized our foreign policy. for presidents it became a handy tool rather than a last resort. >> so how do we reverse this -- the muscle memory of these institutions and the congressional support for it is weak. it hasn't disappeared. you point out in the book president trump tried to cut state department and economic assistance by 30% in 2017, 17, again in 2018 and congress restored those numbers but those numbers are still nothing like what is necessary for the state department to be the kind of effective organization that you think

von vich was fired by president trump, when somebody worked for their entire career for the state departmentd they are sland erred, with lies and in fact for no good reason, that be clearer to other stated not department officials and it may be jus a big joke, i look at you smiling and laughing. you don't think it's silly to marieyavonovich or the people that work for you. r i don't think it is silly to unan sta every bams do or, political appointee knows if the president they ck confidence in the president he has the right to terminate, that includes me, i didn't slandaner ne, this was handle appropriately and properly. >> pompeo ght, he has never criticized marie yrksz avonovuch senior officials say heresisted giuliani's campaign at least for a few months but he didn't go pubc to avoid alienating president trump, and that is the core of the criticism. from former senior and current public defenses of careerrde the employees at the state department this they need to hear. they also point out that only two and soon to be only one seor official isa career employee. as for that senate democrat

over the last couple weeks we've had the opportunity to confirm good nominees for the department of stateand i'm concerned the backlog build up to the point where you had a tough time running the department. we have more nominees next week. the ambassador of japan. i want to ask in particular about ukraine. senator cardin not here today but in 2014 we went to ukraine and those six years a lot of good happened in ukraine and a lot of bad too, the cease-fire is not holding, there are 100 violations. the russian aggression continues. ukraine made a decision to turn to us and we still have the situation where we are not getting the support they need, two questions, how important is it to get lieutenant general dayton confirmed as the ambassador in ukraine? he is highly qualified. and number 2, do you agree with the national defense authorization bill, to have a record amount to ukraine? going from $50 million to $125 million in that legislation? to defend itself? >> they are doing good work. there is a loss when ambassador volcker departed the work he was doing was important to the overall ef

i say we, not the state department alone. but all the united states government. i'm confident we will be in this one as well. >> why wouldn't you be willing to opine on a specific individual if you had information to suggest that the source was not credible? it seems if that is in fact the function of the u.s. government. if it has information to -- that would suggest maligned influence to let congress and the american people know. >> yeah. so when it's appropriate i will. when there's still work ongoing and there's still unsettled intelligence around these things i'm going to try to be just a little bit more careful, senator. >> let be turn to china for a moment. china is clearly seeking to use the united states' failure to control covid as a means to leapfrog us in our traditional leadership position when it comes to global health. senator romney referred to this earlier. i think we've given two big gifts to the chinese since the beginning of this outbreak. the first was the president's just remarkable fawning over china's earlier response to the virus 47 diffe

international community and the jurists in the state of israel and today the jurists in the state department on the same side as the state of israel so that those in the state of those in the international community and even in the security council would be well advised to state what it is legally that they disagree with in the state department's 2020 decision before asserting that israel is acting illegally in its own historic homeland but the british itself implored the international community to recognize 100 years ago so you're saying the u.s. state department which we know to factor sanctions torture and guantanamo torture in abu ghraib maybe a 1000000 killed wounded or dead from the iraq war the u.s. state department legal advice is more important than international law as written down by the u.n. security council. well the u.n. security council doesn't write international law they basically apply political decisions based on their political understanding of what of what they think it international law says but here the best jurist in the united states have now turned back the former l

nick: judy, congressional democrats, former seniorci of and some current, mid-level state department me a state department where caree officials are sidelined, and alcretary pompeo and polit appointees are protected. the staff of the senate foreign relations committee released a report ts week detailing for concerns. number one, vacancies -- 1 more than one third of senior positions are cant, or filled acting officials. declining morale and confidence in leadership, as measured by the state department's own employee data.ea infear of reprisal for employees who report suspected violations of the law. and, quote, "disrespect and sdain" shown by politica appointees toward career employees. on that last point, senator tim kaine challenged secretary pompeo today over the case of re yavonovitch, the for ambassador to ukraine, whom president trump fired after a campaign led by rudy giuliani that included false statements about her. for their entire career for thee state depa, and they are for no good reason, that sends a message that could not be clearer to other state department officials.

from a bilateral perspective, the coordinator of the state department resonates. ofm the perspective legislative oversight, the coordinator would seem to be the fire department for bilateral engagement. when it was developed, and i was fortunate to be involved in the creation of a small group who developed the plan, we struggled with where to have it. the coordinator was churchill's quip on democracy. multiple parts of the u.s. government must be engaged with global health, including pandemics. u.s. id is involved in many impacts of health. usaid leads on humanitarian response. the cdc is the premier government health organization in the world. it is the only agency in the has globalment that and domestic engagement, including in pandemics, and is involved with and provides technical support to and is looked to and respected by governments and institutions in high, middle, and low income countries. as we know from this pandemic, we must be involved with every country. the cdc is built -- has built what is needed for response. more than that, the national security a

from a bilateral perspective, the coordinator at the state department resonates. from the perspective of legislative oversight, the colonnade would seem to be the fire department for bilateral engagement. when pepper was developed, and i was fortunate to be involved in the creation of the small group that put together the plan. we struggled with where to house it. the court and enter less churchill's click on hypocrisy, the worst approach except everything else. multiple parts of u.s. government was being engaged in global health. including a pandemic. u.s. is deeply involved in many aspects of health as well as those that impact health. and of course, a humanitarian responses. cdc is the premier government health organization in the world. it is the only agency on spans domestic and global engagement including pandemics. and is involved with and provides technical support to and is up to and respected by governments and institutions in the high middle and low-income countries. and we must be involved with the three country is no. cdc is built for what is most buil

of the states work. the department has launched a number of diplomatic and initiatives described in more detail in my written testimony that uphold and defend our interests and those of our friends and allies in areas, such as global infrastructure development, market access and telecommunications security. much of what we are doing with serve our global interests under any circumstances, but the unfortunate trends we see in china make our actions all the more urgent. we have organized internally through the leadership of the secretary of state for east asia and the pacific, along with the directors of policy planning in our global engagement center, to align internal policy making and virtually every single bureau an office in the department. we are likewise organizing our diplomats to focus on competition with china around the world. as part of a comprehensive approach, we are engaged with allies and partners in the g7, g20 and nato to highlight the threat that the percy poses, not just to the united states interest,

our constitution that give us the capacity to go around the world as diplomats from the united states department of state and encourage other nations to preserve and protect freedoms for their people, religious freedoms for their people, basic rights that we, as a result of the fact we are made in the image of god come every human being regardless of race, nationality deserves. i will follow to philadelphia quarely. >>so no campaign connection in that visit at all? >> >>i am so focused on what i am doing, bob. we know we have lots of work between now and september on so many fronts. >>huawei and 5g, was that intense loving that you did to get them to reverse? >>we were working everywhere in the world to make sure everyone has -- not just the united kingdom. we are pleased with united kingdom's decision. we think they came to an having reviewed the same data we have seen, about the risk of privacy. facial recognition, data sets, all of that that transits across huawei systems. hey concluded it wasn't in the nation's best interest, the decision you saw this week. we were happy about that outcome.

the state department made an urgent priority, we have restrictions due to covid-19 still but with the highest priority being alone student travel. in order to get those men and women here to the united states of america for the fall semester. we very much welcome the students. and we welcome students from china as well. >> china and run 25 year agreement which would allow china to invest millions and provide them with reliable access to lower-cost iranian oil and obviously there be a major challenge to the maximum pressure campaign. as a strategy to respond to deepening china runtimes in china's increasingly influence in the middle east. >> it's a little premature. there is no 25 year agreement and presence. it is a mean to say that they couldn't possibly move forward. they are closer to discussing it for the last 25 years than the forward 25 years. but is willing to concert on the democratic countries like iran. that is a generic borate. the case to iran, comprehensive strategy to arendt that would affect china china engages with a run in economic activities that are in violation of

important ways that give us the capacity to go around the world as diplomats from the united states department of state and encourage other nations to preserve and protect freedoms for their people, religious freedoms for their people, basic rights that we each have as a result of the fact that we were made in the image of god, every human being regardless of race, nationality deserves. i will follow to philadelphia squarely. >> so no campaign connection in that visit at all? >> i am so focused on what i am doing, bob. we know we have lots of work between now and september on so many fronts. where looking for some really good outcomes for the american people. >> the u.k. reversed itself on huawei and 5g, was that intense lobbying that you and others in the u.s. government did to get them to reverse? >> we have been working everywhere the world to make sure every nation has trusted vendors for their information technology. not just the united kingdom. 190 countries. we want everyone of them to make sure they are not in the hands of the chinese communist party. we are pleased with united kingdom

the other aspect of it, this is instances in e which the state department was there were many agencies that were involved, the or ice department over 10 12-year period trained something columbian judges. the main point was we had a partner and we were in support of that partner rather than doing the job ourselves. the other success was president initiative to deal with africa.aids in and, again, it had broad for tisan support considerable funding, tens of illions of dollars over an extended period of time that literally saved millions and lives in africa and one of the things that made it ork was that a number of different agencies in washington had a role in it, but the designated a single person to be in charge in the tate department who had authority over the budget and over the programs so there was a and an integration of all the government efforts in that was very, very are and the entire project ended up being really enormously successful. were two important successes i think during the period and quite honestly, out examples that i cite, two are about the only successes. ivo: i

today, the united states department of state, along with treasury, commerce, and dhs, are issuing a business advisory to companies with supply chain links to entities complicit enforce labor and other human rights abuses throughout china. ceo's should read this notice closely and be aware of the reputation, economic, and legal risks of supporting such an on -- an assault on human dignity. i want to call attention to these incredible and disturbing new reports that the chinese communist party is imposing forced sterilization and abortions on minorities in western china. this shocking news is sadly consistent with the decades long disregard for the safety of human life. i call on all nations, women's advocates, religious groups, and human rights organizations to stand up for the chinese people's basic human dignity. the chinese communist party's brutality affects the rest of the world. we welcome india's ban on certain mobile apps and appendages of the ccp's surveillance state. india's clean app approach will boost india's sovereignty, integrity, and national security, as the indian government

queue up to be infected with covert my teen we ask what are the implications of this and is the state department targeting employees now huawei in the united states all right let's begin with the aforementioned with this mysterious or at least questionable rash of fires and explosions that are taking place in iran our lead reporter on the story is veteran middle east correspondent paula slayer. there's been a series of explosions and fires in iran in recent weeks the latest of which still 7 ships cats and lice in the whole ship to share in stopping the ranch there's been no reports of casualties and meet the coolies of the incident is unclear but it is the latest in a series of mysterious explosions to rocky ground in recent weeks the suspicious explosions began about 2 weeks ago and have included an attack on a missile facility a medical clinic a nuclear complex and a power plant they've lead to speculation and that these a campaign of sabotage on the go israel is still to be behind at least one of the explosions on the natanz nuclear complex about 10 days ago the israeli foreign minister said

state department is known to do more than just track american mercs back in 2011 for instance its reach went so far beyond that it was on the verge of commanding a force made up of the likes of full and co so no wonder really illinois death god on washington's raiders so quickly and stirred such concern not because he's a medic but because an american might be next and that's not all because in wasn't some stray soldier of fortune and fighters discovered official ukrainian army papers on this story and was even eligible for benefits from the ukrainian government as a thank you for his service after all guns for free and with american mercs officially enlisted in the ukrainian army the united states might expect some security guarantees from the commander in chief from self president flatterers olinsky now it's not just him and his friends in washington who know about foreign guns doing ukraine's bidding in the war and both kiev and the us would want to keep ukraine's own little foreign legion and become a flash. while put a blockbuster story that is if 110th of what he just reported is

state department officials complaining about it and putting it on the record? what happened to that report? what happened to that investigation? nbc news further reported today the inspector general report was, quote, completed and marked classified as of may. an unclassified version has yet to be released. now nbc news has asked the state department inspector general's office whether that report includes investigation of the allegations about the president asking the british government to move the british open golf tournament to the president's personal club, but hasn't received an answer to that question specifically. but we now know there is an inspector general's report sitting somewhere inside the state department, a report that reportedly addresses some variety of complaints about the american embassy in london under woody johnson, and per "the times," is expected to have included contemporaneous complaints about other state department officials about the president pulling off this rank first grade level -- first grader's understanding of what it means to

diplomacy at the state department. the common thread that i see in all of these is that when you do not have people of color at the table you can't represent america very well. for whatever reason we are in a multigenerational time in which there are just not enough african-american, hispanics and asians at the court aspect of foreign policy. let me be a bit more specific. i think in order to represent the best of the united states, the world's most fully functioning multiethnic democracy you have to have people of color in every level of government. at the state department, for example, they are needed in greater numbers in the regional and functional bureau and they should always be at the table. i don't believe in identity politics but it makes sense to me to have china specialists who happen to be chinese who speak the language and african-americans who spent time on the continent of africa involved in regional discussions about u.s. foreign policy. we don't have many at this time. we had very few as a result in th

mandates us to ask questions about our involvement there to find out if where our country our state department is assisting in ukraine or orchestrating is a big difference between those 2 let me 1st say this the foreign policy of our country has directed us from time to time to step in legitimately where wrongdoing is taking place in some other part of the world be it an internal civil war where atrocities are being committed or where a large country is picking on a small country we get that right now let's plug in ukraine into that equation where our state department. asserts that we are simply there to assist the ukrainian government with advisors and resources and military hardware but not to orchestrate or to interfere with the will of the people of ukraine well today we are learning that a ukrainian military medical died and that u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh thought so much of the incident he actually commented on it saying how he regrets in this situation that this ukrainian military medic has died and he condemns his killing those are the words of. here's the problem upon the

on a small country we get that right now let's plug in ukraine into that equation where our state department. asserts that we are simply there to assist the ukrainian government with advisors and resources and military hardware but not to orchestrate or to interfere with the will of the people of ukraine well today we are learning that a ukrainian military medical died and that us secretary of state thought so much of the incident he actually commented on it saying how he regrets in this situation that this ukrainian military medic has. his killing those are the words of my pump. here's the problem upon the man's death we have now learned that the deceased was neither ukrainian nor magic and a further investigation reveals he was working directly with 3 american citizens inside ukraine. the obvious question if not the insinuation here is that the 4 men were there secretively as a part of a. clandestine operation to try and foment more division inside ukraine possibly to favor the united states or pro western control of the country. is there a precedent for that is there some kind of preceden

you know, they admit folks at the state department look at what has happened in the united states inparison to the countries where u.s. diplomats are serving. my gosh, it really demonstrates just the failure in terms of the administration in handling this pandemic. i think we saw that come to fruition earlier this week. you saw the eu let in travelers from 14 countries just this week. the united states wasn't on that list of accepted travelers, so state department officials are definitely cognizant of the failure. but they're trying to say, look, let's put our heads together and let's, you know, create some positive momentum towards something doing forward to fix something like this because they think it could happen again and maybe not 100 years from now. jim? >> yep. there are concerns about a new virus out there. lisa monaco, i want to show to our viewers where the u.s. stands in relation to europe in terms of new infections. europe active, got it under control. the u.s. delayed and -- well, it's the opposite of under control, right? it's going in the opposite direction. whatever

we always comply with the law at the state department.will absolutely implement those laws, both consistent with the letter and spirit of what those statutes were. and there is more work to do, for sure. end, the general secretary gets to make the decision about whether he wants to move his destination closer to something disconnected from the world in the most fundamental ways. they talk about wanting to be good stewards, international players that comply with multilateral obligations, but when you are violating citizen'' most fundamental freedoms, we should look to your actions, not your words. that's what we will continue to do. we will do all the things we can. importantly, we will build out a global coalition that understands the challenge the chinese communist party threat places on freedom loving peoples all across the world. it's not a u.s.-china talent. it's a challenge between freedom and authoritarianism. as long as we keep that foremost in our minds, i'm confident freedom loving peoples of the world will prevail. with respect

state department is out with a warning for all american citizens in china. the department says u.s.itizens may be detained without access to u.s. consular services and may face prolonged interrogations and extended detention. this comes as tensions between beijing and washington escalate over a number of issues including the coronavirus pandemic, trade negotiations, and hong kong's new security law. state department correspondent rich edson has more. we will try to get that report from rich -- >> -- multiple invitations, chinese diplomats refused to join the u.s. and russia in arms controls negotiations. >> translator: the u.s. knows it only too well. still it pesters china and even distorts our position. >> china said it would be happy to join the discussions, only if the u.s. reduced its nuclear arsenal to china's level. the state department took that to welcome china's commitment to negotiate and promised to send the chinese government another invitation. during a week where the u.s. also levied sanctions on chinese officials were human rights abuses and floated banning chinese a

also with us, morgan ortegas, the state department spokesperson.e'll talk about attorney general william barr slamming hollywood for lecturing americans at failing at social justice and other things, but hollywood censors its own movies in order to appease china, the world's most powerful violator of human rights. the fbi trump russia probe taking more hits to its creditable. now this, senator lindsey graham says that the public has a right to see a key fbi memo that a russian source for chris steer steel was telling the fbi they were being mission l.e.d. by unreliable information from christopher steele but fbi officials went ahead and investigated the trump team. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. elizabeth: welcome to the show. you're watching the fox business network. thanks for joining us. president trump wrapping up the at the white house a short time ago talking about the efforts the administration has taken the economy moving again. let's head to edward lawrence in washington, d.c. with all the latest. reporter: l

state department is going after y. way that again that's an old story right so we've heard that before no no no no not the way that they're doing at this time they're doing something very unique this time this time they're targeting people who just happen to work at weiwei they just work at the chinese phone company or tech company is that going too far does that open u.s. citizens up to the same type of treatment around the world after all the argument could be made that turnabout is fair play let's talk about the precedent that might be said here but 1st let's look at the facts here is our team correspondent. as america and china continue with their trade war chinese telecom giant wildly has been placed smack dab in the middle of the battle in addition to pushing for the arrest of wild ways c.f.o. in canada the u.s. has banned while way from its soil and it's been working hard to get others to do the same this week the trumpet ministration was able to convince the u.k. to follow its footsteps secretary of state mike

the state department has a foggy bottom in america, not somewhere where you have straight talking andre where you feel the nuance and the wave of diplomacy but mike pompeo is doing the will of the president. i was struck towards the end of this article by daniel hoffman, a former cia station chief, talks about how the cia will have worked out what china will do in response and watching that response was quite interesting. i wonder whether we will see in a us consulate in an outlying city in china are also facing the same measures solely? outlying city in china are also facing the same measures solely7m will just say for you are still wondering why you say the foggy bottom and that is part of washington dc and it is cold foggy bottom where the state department is headquartered in case people are wondering why their lending phase p°pped wondering why their lending phase normed up wondering why their lending phase popped up in our paper review. staying with foggy bottom, though, in the state department they also say in this article that china has engaged for years in massive illegal spyi

the state department ordering the chinese consulate here to close over spying charges. andrea mitchell has late details. >> reporter: flames seen in the courtyard of a chinese consulate in houston overnight appearing to show document burning after the state department ordered the consulate to close by friday, only hours after the u.s. accused two chinese hackers working with china's government of trying to steal research on covid vaccines, treatment and testing from u.s. companies. and others around the world. houston firefighters responded, but were not permitted in the state department says the closure is intended to protect american intellectual property, and americans' private information and senate intelligence chairman marco rubio tweeted china's houston consulate is a massive spy center, forcing it to close is long overdue. >> we're going to take actions that protect the american people, protect our security, our national security, and also protect our economy and jobs. >> reporter: the administration's dramatic action comes as president trump has slapped tariffs

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