Category: Jake Sullivan

White House Reverses Course, Gives Congress Green Light to Pass Bill Banning TikTok

WASHINGTON—The White House has reversed direction this week, saying it would support a Senate bill that would outlaw TikTok in the United States. The Biden administration had been at a standstill for two years over how to deal with the threat to national security posed by the Chinese-owned mobile app. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake…


Washington Notified Moscow of Biden’s Kiev Visit

The United States informed Russia about President Joe Biden’s visit to Kyiv hours before his departure, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “We did notify the Russians that President Biden will be traveling to Kyiv. We did so some hours before his departure for deconfliction purposes,” Sullivan told reporters during a conference…


LIVE 5 PM ET: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Meets With Senior US Officials

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at 5:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 8 at the Department of State. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Congress Needs Answers on Past Incidents of Chinese Spy Balloons, Rep. Waltz Says

Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has drawn concerns from Republican lawmakers. “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to our greatest adversary can be addressed,” said Rep….


Congress Needs Answers on US Vulnerability Revealed in Chinese Spy Balloon Incident, Rep. Waltz Says

Pentagon’s own admission on Feb. 6 of an “awareness gap” regarding previous Chinese balloon incursions in U.S. airspace has put a concerning vulnerability under the spotlight, according to Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.). “If the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] have been exploiting a radar gap for so many years, Congress deserves answers on this vulnerability to…


Biden Admin Detected Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years Using ‘Enhanced’ Surveillance: Sullivan

Improved surveillance capabilities allowed the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last week and detect similar flights during the Trump years, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our…


Biden Admin Retrospectively Detected Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years Using ‘Enhanced’ Surveillance: Sullivan

Improved surveillance capabilities allowed the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last week and detect similar flights during the Trump years, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our…


Kremlin, White House Tight-Lipped Following Reports of ‘Secret Talks’

The Kremlin has declined to comment on a recent report in the western press that a top U.S. security official held a number of secret phone conversations with high-ranking Russian officials. “We have nothing to say about this publication,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Nov. 7. One day earlier, the Wall Street Journal…


A Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

The Epoch Times will livestream a special event—Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., starting at 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 12. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


LIVE 2 PM ET: A Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

The Epoch Times will livestream a special event—Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C., starting at 2 p.m. ET on Oct. 12. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…