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Video: On “Face the Nation,” Sen. Mark Warner Predicts Ukraine Will Get Military Aid, Including ATACMS, “by the end of the week”; Says China, Russia, N. Korea and Iran “may be the 2024 Axis of Evil”

Warner also comments on TikTok, FISA

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On “Face the Nation” this morning, Sen. Mark Warner discussed a number of subjects, including aid to Ukraine; sanctions against Russia; TikTok; Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); etc.  According to Sen. Warner:

  • “Well the great news is, this is finally happening. It should have happened six months ago, but the next time is right now…We’ve seen the Ukrainians overperform…Getting this additional equipment as quickly as possible…I hope once the President signs, we’ve been told…that these materials will be in transit by the end of the week…If they don’t have the materials, they can’t carry this fight to the Russians…Yes…the ATACMS [will be provided to Ukraine]…It is written into this legislation.”
  • The U.S. sanctions regime against Russia “has not been as tight as we’d have liked to see it”; China has been “the worst offender, with direct military support” to Russia (also India purchasing Russian oil); Russia, China, North Korea and Iran “may be the 2024 Axis of Evil combination of nations.”
  • On TikTok, Sen. Warner said it has “more than the power of eyes that your network reaches on a daily basis” and where a lot of young people “get their news”; “the idea that we would give the Communist Party this much of a propaganda tool, as well as the ability to scrape 170 million Americans’ personal data, it is a national security risk”; also a risk to U.S. elections…
  • On Section 702 of FISA, Sen. Warner said this gives the U.S. the ability to surveil foreigners who are abroad, including fentanyl drug cartels…”this ability to listen in on the bad guys’ communications is extraordinarily powerful.”The screw-up level [by the FBI] has dropped from about 30% to less than 1%…We think we’ve got a very strong reform bill.”

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