
Top Biden adviser attacks GOP infrastructure opposition and seeks to rally Democratic support in internal memo
CNN
One of President Joe Biden's closest advisers is rallying allies to embrace White House proposals that have come under sharp criticism from Republicans as the President moves to put the spotlight back on his sweeping economic agenda Thursday.
With a group of Senate Republicans set to unveil their latest infrastructure counter-proposal Thursday morning, Mike Donilon, senior adviser to Biden and one of his closest aides, framed the moment in an internal memo obtained by CNN as "an inflection point" about the future of both the economy and country. Donilon sought to directly counter GOP objections to both the scale of Biden's proposal, as well as the corporate tax increases he has proposed to pay for it.
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.

The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.











