Democrats advance their national security agenda in the House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : 12 p.m. -- Hudson Institute virtual discussion: "Religious Freedom and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific," with Yahya Cholil Staquf, general secretary of Indonesia's Nahdlatul Ulama; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, fellow at Hudson; and Kenneth Weinstein, fellow at Hudson.
50% : DEMOCRAT'S DEFENSE BUDGET ADVANCES: On a 33-23 straight party-line vote, the Democrat-controlled House Appropriations Committee approved a Pentagon budget of $706 billion for FY 2022, which when adjusted for inflation is a slight reduction in defense spending over the current year.
49% : Sadeghi, for example, researched a service offering military-style speedboats for self-operated maritime evacuation out of New York City, and maritime travel from New York to Venezuela, a country whose de facto government has friendly relations with Iran.
49% : Khazein researched travel routes from Victim-1's residence to a waterfront neighborhood in Brooklyn; the location of Victim-1's residence relative to Venezuela; and the location of Victim-1's residence relative to Tehran."
47% : The Justice Department release provides chilling details of the plot, in which an Iranian intelligence officer identified as Alireza Shahvaroghi Farahani and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network stalked their victim and worked out ways to get her out of the country by bypassing border security.
42% : "As part of the kidnapping plot, the Farahani-led intelligence network also researched methods of transporting Victim-1 out of the United States for rendition to Iran.
41% : "This revelation serves as another reminder that the Biden Administration bending over backwards to re-enter the JCPOA is likely sacrificing our leverage to compel Iran to cease its other malign activities," McCaul said.
39% : IRAN PLOTTED TO KIDNAP NYC JOURNALIST CRITICAL OF REGIME, DOJ SAYS
39% : Iran plotted to kidnap NYC journalist critical of regime, DOJ saysWashington Examiner: Chinese money launderers team up with Mexican cartels to profit billions from US fentanyl crisis
32% : IRAN KIDNAP PLOT:
32% : We applaud U.S. law enforcement for taking this action and preventing Iran from harming Masih Alinejad."
27% : President Biden should not enter into any deals with Iran without an end to these assaults on our citizens."
19% : The announcement last night from the Justice Department that four Iranian nationals conspired to kidnap a Brooklyn journalist, author, and human rights activist for mobilizing public opinion in Iran and spirit her off to Iran has renewed criticism of the Biden administration's efforts to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and lift sanctions against Tehran.

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