Biden-Xi Meeting, GOP Tensions, State Department Dissent

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🗓️ 15 November 2023

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President Biden aims to restore communications with China's Xi Jinping. Tensions reach a breaking point as the House seeks to avert a government shutdown. And some State Department employees raise objections over U.S. support for Israel.

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0:00.0	President Biden wants to talk with China's president about talking more.
0:06.0	You get back on a normal course, corresponding, being able to pick up a phone and talk to one another
0:11.0	in their crisis.
0:12.0	Can he get their militaries talking to?
0:13.8	I'm Steve Insky with A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.0	Republicans worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown and some Republicans are upset.
0:27.0	One says he was elbowed in a hallway.
0:30.0	What kind of chicken move is that?
0:32.0	You're a pathetic, man.
0:34.2	What does the incidents say about Republican infighting?
0:36.6	Also, the State Department has a dissent channel for employees who think U.S. policy is wrong.
0:41.1	What did some say about U.S. support for Israel's war against Hamas?
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