Questions Remain About Biden and the Chinese Spy Balloon

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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An F-22 jet fighter shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon on Saturday on President Biden's orders. But many questions remain about the episode, including: When did the White House first learn that the balloon had crossed into U.S. airspace, did it raise the issue with Beijing, and how did the Chinese respond? Plus, Democrats rework their 2024 presidential primary calendar to help the President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.1	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:27.4	U.S. fighter jets shoot down a Chinese surveillance balloon on President Biden's orders a week after
0:33.9	it entered U.S. airspace.
0:35.4	What took so long for the shoot down and what are the implications for U.S.-China relations
0:40.6	and for U.S. defenses?
0:42.4	Plus, the Democratic National Committee shakes up the Democratic Party's 2024 primary calendar,
0:49.9	putting South Carolina first and demoting New Hampshire and Iowa, what's behind the move
0:54.9	that ends 50 years of tradition.
0:57.8	Welcome on Paul G. Go with Wall Street Journal editorial page and I'm here with my colleagues,
1:03.1	Kim Strassel and Kate O'Dell.
1:05.9	Let's talk first about the Chinese balloon which dominated the weekend news and here's
1:09.9	how President Biden explained his decision to shoot it down on Saturday.
1:14.2	On Wednesday, when I was briefed on the balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down on
1:19.5	Wednesday as soon as possible.
1:22.1	We decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground.
1:26.1	We decided that the best time to do that was to go to the water outside and within 12
1:32.7	mile limit.
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