House Intel Chair Rick Crawford wants to refocus intel on Western Hemisphere

The war on terrorism in the Middle East has left America, which overlooks the security issues in its backyard, at least, according to the new head of intelligence in the House of Representatives, Rick Croford, R-RK.
“We have focused very on the World War on terrorism, and what is being done is opening opportunities for countries like China,” the Republican in Arkansas told a small group of correspondents as he put his priorities to the committee.
But even returning to China, as you know, it is clear that the Russians were very aggressive in the hemisphere, especially in countries like Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela Elsewhere, “Crowford added.
“Each chance to try to move a place of influence in the regions … in our backyard.”
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The war on terrorism left for two decades in the Middle East, America, overlooking the security issues in its backyard, at least, according to the new head of intelligence in the House of Representatives, Rick Crowford. (Al Drao/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Since the president Donald Trump He took office, pushed his administration to a new concentration that resembles Monroe, most notably with Trump calling on the United States to restore the Panama channel from China.
This call was answered by a US -based Blackrock deal to take over the port of the Hong Hong -based CK Hutchison. Now, the Chinese authorities threaten to thwart this deal.
With the increasingly threatening of China allies in India and the Pacific, Crowford believes that the United States can win a war with it Chinese If you need – now. “But we don’t have much time. We cannot sit and think about the situation much more.”
Pentagon officials said that China and Russia are testing offensive capabilities in space, while China’s monitors warn that CCP is advancing on the United States in shipbuilding capabilities, inscription lack, anti -ship ballistic missiles, cyberspace and rapidly enriching nuclear arsenal.
Crawford said that the United States may need to rethink its policy of focus that is strongly tending to cybersecurity to those that are offensive attacks.

While China is increasingly threatening the United States’ allies in the Pacific Ocean, Crowford believes that the United States can win a war with the Chinese if it needs this-at the present time. (Endi Wong/AP)
Former committee’s predecessor, Mike Turner, launched a fateful general warning calling President Joe Biden to raise the level of information about the threat that was later reported as Russian capabilities to combat rural. This warning and general fear that was later found to be established by the decision of the spokesperson Mike Johnson to replace Turner as Chairman of the Committee in January, informed sources familiar with the Fox News Digital situation.
Kraoford’s opinions also decreased with Trump’s views of Turner.
In response to a question about whether Turner’s anxiety is involved, Krufford said: “All Russia is doing is a source of concern for me as it applies, as you know, their warrior behavior, and the capabilities they have.”
“The reason for their weight is, I mean, they have a gross domestic product around the size of Spain. It is not a huge economy, as it is ready to do things that there are no other countries, and they are ready to be a fight. They are ready to invade their neighbor, and this is a problem. “
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Venezuela, supported by China, Russia, Russia and Iran, its dictatorial leader Nicholas Maduro is backed by China, Russia and Iran, with a group of Joyan territory. (Leonardo Fernandez Veleoria/Reuters)
It is a different message that one expects to hear from the Republic of Trump’s alignment, amid melting in relations between the United States and Russian, where Trump is trying to negotiate peace between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Voludimir Zelinski.
“[Russia’s] “Prepare to do things that most civilized countries do not put in a unique category. So let’s get involved in trying to end hostilities in Ukraine, and take this to a peaceful end to the extent that we can. But, as you know, as Reagan said, trust, but achieve.”
Croford also said that the intelligence community [IC] He needed to “re -prepare culture” to address employment and retain issues. IC’s treatment of the Havana syndrome called “a slap in the face” to those with it.
IC’s evaluation that the Havana syndrome, also known as anomalous health accidents (AHI) was not likely to be a foreign opponent’s work, “the mark was starkly lost.”
“If we face employment problems and keep them because the workforce does not think that the seventh floor [where leadership sits] They have their back, this is a real problem for national security. ”
Follow Croford: “IAnalytical integrity or lack of this, and this is something that we will have to pay close attention to it. We will practice strict supervision. “
In December, the Central Intelligence Agency at Krufford issued a report that he finds that it is likely to be “probably” that the foreign opponent was behind a number of abnormal health incidents, and that finding the IC evaluation was completely developed “in a way that is inconsistent with analytical and comprehensive integrity.”

Trump officials have repeatedly emphasized that this administration will put a renewed interest in Western hemisphere, taking into account Foreign Minister Marco Rubio “lost opportunities and neglected partners.” (Mark Shevlin/Reuters)
Trump officials have repeatedly emphasized that this administration will put a renewed attention on the Western hemisphere, taking into account the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio He calls “lost opportunities and neglected partners.”
Kroford added that the United States needs to adhere to its relationship with Guatemala.
“Guatemala may be our best ally in the hemisphere,” he said. “They want to be a partner. There are others in which we see some great opportunities – Guyana and Suriname a kind of beneficiaries of some huge metal wealth that have evolved in the past four or five years.”
Venezuela, who Dictatorial leader Nicolas Maduro is backed by China, Russia and Iran, and he has claimed spaces of Joyan’s territory as its own.
The United States, which does not recognize the Maduro system, remove the gaps for the sanctions of Venezuelan oil in January, and threatened to increase financial sanctions even if Maduro did not accept the deported migrants.
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For the northern neighbor of the United States, Crovord believes that the current quarrel with Canada is on the definitions, and Trump suggests that it has become the 51st American state to be calmed due to the important national security partnership.
“We have a little family spit here,” Crovord said. “But you know, Canada is an important ally.”