Biden State pick agrees China committing Uighur ‘genocide’
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE – JANUARY 19: One day before being inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center January 19, 2021 in New Castle, Delaware. The reserve center is named for Beau Biden, Joe Bidens oldest child and who served as attorney general of Delaware and a major in the states National Guard before dying of brain cancer at the age of 46 in 2015. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said Tuesday that he agreed with incumbent Mike Pompeo’s finding that China is committing genocide against Uighurs and other mostly Muslim communities.
“That would be my judgment as well,” Blinken said at his confirmation hearing when asked by Senator Lindsey Graham about Pompeo’s determination announced earlier in the day.