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Q&A immediately after visiting Pennsylvania… “Already sent a message to Iran”
Secretary of Defense Austin responds to ‘unexpected hospitalization’: “Error in judgment… Still trustworthy”
US President Joe Biden
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kyung-hee Kim = U.S. President Joe Biden said on the 12th (local time) that if Yemen’s Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, continue their attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, “we will definitely take additional action.”
President Biden met with reporters immediately after his visit to Ellentown, Pennsylvania, and was asked, “If the Houthis’ attacks do not stop, will they continue bombing?” President Biden responded, “If they continue this atrocious act, we will definitely respond to the Houthis.” “He said.
When asked if he had a message for Iran, he replied, “I have already sent a message to Iran.”
President Biden also confirmed that he believes there will be no civilian casualties from the attack on Yemen.
Earlier, US and British troops, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, bombed Houthi strongholds, which have continued attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea.
Targets included Houthi material support centers, air defense systems, and weapons depots.
“This attack is a clear message that we will not sit idly by and jeopardize freedom of navigation on one of the world’s most important commercial sea lanes,” President Biden said in a statement shortly after the bombing. “To protect our people and the free flow of international logistics,” Biden said. “We will not hesitate to order further action,” he said.
According to the U.S. government, in retaliation for the previous day’s airstrike, Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship ballistic missile at a U.S. warship that day.
Immediately after the bombing, the Houthi Supreme Council identified the United States and the United Kingdom as direct and legitimate targets.
Meanwhile, President Biden answered “yes” when asked whether he still trusts Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who is under controversy over his “unexpected hospitalization.”
When asked if it was a lack of judgment that Secretary Austin was hospitalized without reporting to President Biden, he said, “Yes.”
Secretary Austin was hospitalized on the 1st of this month due to complications after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer last month, but President Biden was not informed of this fact until the 4th, drawing criticism from not only the Republican Party but also the Democratic Party.
kyunghee@yna.co.kr
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