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25 Nov, 3 tweets, 1 min read
After celebrating Thanksgiving with U.S. troops in Korea, I just touched down in Taiwan. After stops in Japan and Korea, it’ll be good to connect with leaders here to discuss a whole host of economic and national security issues. (1/3)
The auto industry’s largest supplier of microchips is here in Taiwan, so supply chain issues will most definitely be on the agenda.

When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip. (2/3)
But just as with other stops, we’re here to learn about the region and reaffirm the U.S. commitment to our hosts, the Taiwanese. I’m looking forward to an informative trip. (3/3)

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I am thankful — and so grateful — for the ingenuity and grit of those on the front lines of COVID. This Thanksgiving, I helped serve meals to U.S. forces in Korea. I was doling out the vegetables — kudos to the soldiers (and their moms) who took healthy portions. (1/4)
Our forces in Korea were some of the very first members of the military dealing with COVID right from the beginning, back in January 2020. The leadership out here set the tone that continues today — leadership *matters*, both at home and abroad. (2/4)
In Michigan, that leadership continues from our local health departments, our nurses and doctors dedicated to caring for our communities; and from non-profits who stepped up to serve the immunocompromised; (3/4)
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I also voted tonight for a procedural motion to begin debate on the Build Back Better Act, or the ‘human infrastructure’ bill. From the start, I laid out my criteria for supporting it, including directly to @POTUS when he came to my district. (1/5)
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After getting the latest draft on Nov. 3, my staff and I have pored over this legislation to understand the details and give them a thorough review. (3/5)
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I understand that some House Democrats object to funding for the Iron Dome in Israel. Just to level-set, a few facts (1/5):
Iron Dome is a purely *defensive* system — it protects civilians when hundreds of rockets are shot at population centers. Whatever your views on the Israeli-Pal conflict, using a system that just saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives as a political chit is problematic. (2/5)
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Just a few hours ago, after what has been a tense, 10-day odyssey, Team Slotkin successfully helped evacuate 114 Afghan nationals out of Kabul and to safety. 1/14
Over 70 of these folks were affiliated with Michigan State University, while another 30+ were former Deputy Ministers, staff, and military officers of the former Afghan government who were being threatened and hunted by the Taliban. 2/14
Most of these Afghan nationals were flown this evening to Albania, where, thanks to the generosity of the Albanian government and the expeditious work of diplomats, they will be staying for the foreseeable future. 3/14
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Earlier today, I joined @POTUS in the Oval to witness him sign the PAWS Act, a bipartisan bill that connects veterans, particularly those with PTSD, to service dogs.
Afterwards, the President invited the small handful of us present to have a frank conversation about Afghanistan.
We talked for about 35 minutes. It’s clear the President is deeply engaged on the situation in Kabul.
I raised my concerns with the August 31st deadline, the importance of ensuring that both Americans and Afghans who worked on our behalf be able to get through Taliban checkpoints up until the 31st, and my concerns about what happens in the days and months after we depart.
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