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21 Oct, 13 tweets, 9 min read
NEW: US designating 6 #China-based media outlets as foreign missions, per @SecPompeo
MORE: @SecPompeo on nuke negotiations w/#Russia

"The New START Treaty, by itself, is not a good deal for America or its allies" per @SecPompeo, briefing reporters

Pompeo says US, Russian negotiators must get together as soon as possible to work on continued progress
Asked about #HunterBiden laptop/emails, @SecPompeo said he saw @DNI_Ratcliffe's statement about the intelligence community assessment

"I have every reason to believe he's got it exactly right" Pompeo said of @ODNIgov's Ratcliffe
As an aside, the issue of Hunter Biden's laptops/emails sparking exchanges like this one - between a former US ambassador to the @UN & a former @CIA @NSAGov director
"They are all substantially owned or effectively controlled by a foreign gvt" per @SecPompeo of the 6 #China-based media outlets
"We're not placing any restrictions what these outlets can publish" per @SecPompeo "We simply want to ensure that American ppl, consumers of information, can differentiate between news written by a free press & propaganda distributed by the Chinese Communist Party itself"
.@SecPompeo also said on Friday he & EU High Representative @JosepBorrellF will launch the EU-US dialogue on #China

"I'm confident our discussion will deepen our long-term engagement w/EU friends on this important issue"
"President Trump has made clear that the new #START treaty by itself is not a good deal for the #UnitedStates or our friends or allies" per @SecPompeo
"Only 45% of #Russia's nuclear arsenal is subject to numerical limits, posing a threat to the #UnitedStates & our @NATO allies" per @SecPompeo re New START "Meanwhile, that agreement restricts 92% of America's arsenal...& #China, China of course is not bound at all"
"#Russia has agreed in principle to freeze all of its nuclear warheads. Very pleased about that" per @SecPompeo "But we need to make sure that US & Russian negotiators get together just as soon as possible to continue to make progress to finalize a verifiable agreement"
.@StateDept designates the following Chinese media as foreign missions

- Yicai Global
- Jiefang Daily
- Xinmin Evening News
- Social Sciences in China Press
- Beijing Review
- Economic Daily

"They are effectively controlled by the government of the People’s Republic of #China"
Today's designations are in addition to 9 #China-based media outlets designated in June 2020...

And the designations of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International, China Daily Distribution Corporation, and Hai Tian Development USA in February 2020

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Developing: @DeptofDefense demands for ALL US allies to ramp up defense spending to at least 2% of GDP concerning to House Armed Services Comm. Chair @RepAdamSmith
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@CisaKrebs calls now "the perfect time for our adversaries to launch efforts intended to undermine your confidence" in the process
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20 Oct
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"Your election officials are always continuing to work thru days & weeks after Election day"
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