Nancy Pelosi Meets With Dalai Lama, Despite China’s Criticism

Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, addressing the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, India, on Tuesday. Credit: Reuters

A high-level U.S. congressional delegation, including the former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, met with the Dalai Lama at his Indian home on Wednesday, a visit that was condemned in advance by China’s government, which considers the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist.

Nancy Pelosi Meets With Dalai Lama, Despite China’s Criticism

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US lawmakers pass Tibet policy bill that questions China’s claims over region

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Canadian MPs unanimously reject China’s sovereignty over Tibet

I wonder who gave them this idea? /s

Canadian parliamentarians have unanimously voted for a non-binding motion, put forward by Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, that refers to Tibetans as “a people and a nation” who should get self-determination. This, having occurred on June 10, 2024, is a fundamental rejection of China’s sovereign control of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and an indisputable attack on China’s sovereignty.

Canadian MPs unanimously reject China’s sovereignty over Tibet

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US lawmakers pass Tibet policy bill that questions China’s claims over region

US lawmakers pass Tibet policy bill that questions China’s claims over region

Bill that frames Beijing’s control over Tibet for centuries as ‘disinformation’ will head to President Joe Biden’s desk

US lawmakers pass Tibet policy bill that questions China’s claims over region

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[2021] Designation of Under Secretary Uzra Zeya as the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues

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Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

CODEPINK’s action alert requesting House representatives co-sponsor the amendment to ban the export license for cluster munitions.”

President Biden may have crossed a new red line for the Democratic Party when he announced he would send banned cluster munitions to shore up Ukraine’s slow counter-offensive against Russian troops.

Stop Biden From Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

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Rep. Gaetz Says He Will Co-Sponsor Amendment to Block Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Gaetz said that the NDAA will be voted on this week in the House. “We have an opportunity with bipartisanship to stand against the war-mongering Bidens,” he said.

Here’s why supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions would be a terrible mistake

Democrats Denounce Biden’s Decision to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

The Fed’s Inspector General Clears Jerome Powell of Wrongdoing in the Trading Scandal, One Day After Five Senators Accuse Him of Hampering the Investigation

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, July 15, 2022

Yesterday afternoon, Mark Bialek, the Inspector General of the Federal Reserve, released a memorandum clearing Fed Chair Jerome Powell and former Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida of wrongdoing in the trading scandal that has engulfed multiple officials of the Federal Reserve.

The Fed’s Inspector General Clears Jerome Powell of Wrongdoing in the Trading Scandal, One Day After Five Senators Accuse Him of Hampering the Investigation

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Senators on Senate Banking Committee Accuse Fed Chair Powell of Hampering Trading Scandal Investigation