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26 May 2022

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The Hill | China announces military drills near Taiwan after Biden remarks

China announced on Wednesday that it conducted military drills near Taiwan amid President Biden’s comments that the U.S. would defend the island if Beijing invaded.

Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army, said in a statement that the drills were a “solemn warning to the recent US-Taiwan collusion activities.”

Military Times | Top VA medical post remains unfilled after latest Senate delay
Military Times | VA offers $3 million prize for ideas to stop veteran suicides
Stars and Stripes | Merrill’s Marauders awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for daring WWII mission in Burma
Associated Press | Last known survivor of WWII POW massacre dead at 99

Military Times | US and South Korea fire missiles in exercise following North Korean ballistic missile demonstration
Military Times | Five months after this USS George Washington junior sailor’s death, his loved ones wait for answers
Defense News | Defense firms push Congress for Pentagon budget increase over inflation
Washington Post | Biden envoy makes the case for Iran nuclear deal as prospects fade

Washington Post | Moscow says Black Sea ports to open; Zelensky warns against appeasing Putin
Stars and Stripes | Italian destroyer joins USS George H.W. Bush strike group in final deployment preps
Reuters | India’s Kashmir sees upsurge in violence, tense after separatist convicted

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