Biden's Ambassador Nominee Changes Tune On 'War Of Words' Between US, China

Nicholas Burns, President Joe Biden's nominee for ambassador to China, appears to have changed his tune on the back-and-forth between Washington and Beijing regarding the novel coronavirus, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the U.S. "needs to investigate" and that the Chinese "need to answer questions," the Washington Examiner reports. Burns, a retired career diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to NATO, used his confirmation hearing to stress that China poses "the greatest threat to the security of our country and the democratic world" in the 21st century. He also said the U.S. "cannot trust China on Taiwan" and that the…