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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied that the military warned her against making a trip to Taiwan after the Biden administration's concerns that her visit could cause a firestorm with China in a Wednesday press conference. Pelosi's Aug. 2 to Aug. 3 visit to Taiwan angered China, who called the trip a threat to China's sovereignty, and set off a week of People's Liberation Army live fire exercises in the waters around the self-governing island. In July, President Joe Biden said the military believed Pelosi's then-unconfirmed trip was "not a good idea" as China ramped up threats of a "forceful"...
