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China Eclipses Terrorist Groups as Top U.S. Security Threat, Intelligence Chiefs Say

Workers unload vaccine doses from an Air China flight during the arrival of a new batch of Sinovac vaccines against Covid-19 at El Salvador International Airport in La Paz, El Salvador, on March 28, 2021. The national security threats that top intelligence officials laid out for lawmakers on Wednesday were dominated by China’s efforts to expand its global influence and the “cascading crises” and “looming disequilibrium” facing the Biden Administration as existing security challenges are exacerbated by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The report details Washington’s shifting priorities, as evidenced by President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with the U.S. turning from its fight against international terrorism to countering China, Russia and Iran, as well as increased attention on domestic extremism, climate change, cyber threats, and transnational organized crime.