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Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivans Meeting with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on September 16-17 with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta. This meeting was part of ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly manage the relationship. The two sides had candid, substantive, and constructive discussions, building on the engagements between President Biden and President Xi in Bali, Indonesia in November 2022. This meeting follows on recent high-level engagements, including between National Security Advisor Sullivan and Director Wang Yi in May in Vienna as well as meetings between Secretary Blinken, Secretary Yellen, Special Envoy Kerry, Secretary Raimondo, and their counterparts in Beijing over the last several months. The two sides discussed key issues in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, global and regional security issues, Russias war against Ukraine, and cross-Strait issues, among other topics. The United States noted the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The two sides committed to maintain this strategic channel of communication and to pursue additional high-level engagement and consultations in key areas between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China in the coming months.

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The National Sheep Association (NSA) is set to hold a webinar on the ongoing impact of the UK livestock vaccine shortage next month.

The webinar, Vaccines, why we cant get them and how to manage the implications, is free to join and will take place at 8:30a.m on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.

Hosted by the NSAs Breakfast Club, the webinar will explore the issues UK farmers are having related to sourcing vaccines and the knock-on effect that this is having on animal health and welfare.

It will also aim to give practical advice to farmers on what they can do if they are unable to access vaccines.

NSA chief executive, Phil Stocker, said: NSA has endeavoured to keep its members and other UK sheep farmers up to date on the ongoing difficulties felt in sourcing vaccines via its NSA publications and online engagement.

This webinar will add to this providing a fuller update on the vaccine availability situation across the UK, giving a a chance to attendees to hear and ask questions over alternative strategies to reduce disease risk.

The NSA said problems with supply have existed across many vaccines for more than a year, including those preventing clostridial and pasteurella disease, abortion, lameness and orf, with some more acutely affected than others.

The association for UK sheep farmers said it has been in regular contact with manufacturing companies to try to help resolve the issues seen across the country.

Stocker said the NSA webinar will dissect these issues as well as providing guest speakers to talk about different aspects of vaccine shortage and its impacts.

In this NSA Breakfast Club we will hear from Jonathon Statham chair of the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England Committee who will discuss the reasons why we are seeing a shortage across supply chains, how it might be rectified and how long this might take to resolve as well as the wider long term impacts this shortage might have across the livestock industry, Stocker said.

We will also hear from Dr Joe Henry specialist beef and sheep vet (Black Sheep Vets) on management practices, how to mitigate long term impacts and what to do if you cant access vaccines along with what should be classed as priority stock and how you can move towards overcoming some impacts of a vaccine shortage across industry.

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The Scottish branch of the National Sheep Association (NSA) will hold the NSA Scotland Field Day on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

The event will take place on Fearn Farm on the Easter Ross Peninsula and visitors will view real-time demonstrations of the Scott familys flock of commercial sheep.

Attendees will have the chance to join industry workshops that offer the chance to learn and discuss issues with fellow sheep producers.

The event is sponsored by Elanco and will address and demonstrate best practice concerning the issue of flock health and welfare from efficient stock handling and data collection to parasite management and disease prevention.

NSA Scotland chair, Peter Myles, said: NSA Scotland is very much looking forward to welcoming new and old faces to the regions first field day.

This will be a fantastic opportunity for sheep producers to gain up to date advice from incredibly knowledgeable and experienced sessions in what is a fantastic location with highly respected farm hosts.

The NSA Scotland Field Day is open to both NSA members and non members and will be free to attend.

The following workshops will feature at the event:

The varied programme of the day, we hope, will appeal to a wide range of sheep producers, Myles said.

And of course, it will be a great opportunity to meet up with farming friends before the winter arrives.

The day will conclude with a live cookery demonstration and lamb BBQ and a chance to network with fellow attendees, NSA Scotland said.

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The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved President Joe Biden's nominee to be U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency chief, sending it to the chamber floor where an impasse over military promotions drags on.

Due to the dual-hat leadership structure that governs the two organizations, the panel technically cleared Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haughs nomination last month so that it could be taken up by the Intelligence Committee, which shares jurisdiction. That committee approved his nomination July 13.

Haugh sailed through both of his nomination hearings this month and since no lawmakers objected within a 30-day window that ended this week, he was automatically sent to the full Senate.

However, there is no clear path for Haughs confirmation. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) maintains a hold on the approval of senior military nominees in a months-long bid to reverse the Pentagon's abortion travel policy.

The one-man blockade now impacts nearly 300 officers, including Army Gen. William Hartman, the chief of the elite Cyber National Mission Force, who Biden has nominated to replace Haugh as Cyber Commands No. 2. He was also approved by the Armed Services Committee last month.

The Senate could leave as soon as today for its summer recess and wont return until after Labor Day, meaning it would be at least several more weeks before Haugh or Hartman get a vote.

Last night, a group of a dozen Senate Democrats spoke on the chamber floor for five hours to urge Tuberville to withdraw his blanket objection.

The Senate has always treated military nominations with respect and bipartisan support as part of a routine promotion process. Now, they have been turned into political pawns by the Senator from Alabama, Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-RI) said, adding only willful ignorance or stubborn hubris could lead one to continue down this path.

The speeches came just days after a group of Armed Services members sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), asking him to prevail on Tuberville to end the pileup.

"As the leader of the Republican Conference, we count on you to hold your colleagues accountable when they recklessly cross boundaries and upend Senatorial order," the senators told McConnell, who has publicly disagreed with Tubervilles tactics but hasnt intervened.

"It falls to you to act now, for the safety and security of our nation. We urge you to exercise your leadership and prevail on Senator Tuberville to end his reckless hold," they added.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) previously offered Tuberville a floor vote on the DoD abortion policy as the chamber works through its annual defense authorization bill but the Alabama Republican rejected the idea.

Schumer hasnt ruled out keeping the Senate in session in August to deal with the issue but has thus far opted not to hold individual votes on nominees, instead hoping political pressure will force GOP leadership to get Tuberville in line and end the logjam.

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Martin Matishak is a senior cybersecurity reporter for The Record. He spent the last five years at Politico, where he covered Congress, the Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community and was a driving force behind the publication's cybersecurity newsletter.

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President Joe Biden has announced that Harry Coker, former executive director of the National Security Agency (NSA), would be his intended nominee for the position of US national cyber director.

The position has been vacant since February, when Chris Inglis, who served as the country's first ever national cyber director and was former deputy director of the NSA, stepped down from the role.

Coker will have plenty to do:Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced a national cybersecurity strategy that was the first of its kind; there were 57 pages with over 65 initiatives that federal agencies would incorporate over the next few years within the cyberspace. These plans include enforcing liability for software products and strengthening infrastructure against cyber threats. If confirmed by the Senate, Coker would be the one to begin implementing these initiatives and ensuring that stakeholders are actively partaking in protecting organizations against cyber threats.

Coker served the United States in the Navy and held multiple positions in the CIA before moving to the NSA in 2017. In 2020 he went to work for the national security staff of President Biden's transition team.

In a press release put out by co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) andSen. Angus King (I-ME) they stated, "We are relieved to hear that the Biden administration has finally nominated the permanent replacement for the National Cyber Director,and strongly support the decision to select Harry Coker, as we see him as being a natural choice for this position. Coker's long and distinguished career in government hasled him to posts in the National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency and the US Navy. We firmly believe that this experience and the expertise and skill set it imbued him with makes him highly qualified for the position of National Cyber Director."

The news of Coker's nomination comes after it was reported that Kemba Walden would not receive the nomination, though she had strong cyber and political support.

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