‘Earlier this evening, the Vice President’s traveling delegation was delayed from departing Singapore because the Vice President’s office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in Hanoi, Vietnam. After careful assessment, the decision was made to continue with the Vice President’s trip,’ the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a statement.
At least two U.S. personnel in Hanoi will be medevacked out of the country after Havana Syndrome incidents over the weekend, NBC News reported. Hours before Harris’ arrival, American personnel in Vietnam were informed the incidents involved strange sounds – a key characteristic of Havana Syndrome.
The incidents occurred at staffers’ homes in Hanoi, not at the U.S. Embassy. Most staff are working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘We, of course, take any reported incidents of Havana syndrome seriously,’ White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at Tuesday’s press briefing. ‘There was an assessment of the vice president and made that she could continue traveling.’
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Day: August 24, 2021
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Kamala Harris’ flight from Singapore delayed by three hours because of ‘Havana Syndrome’
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CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar
CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting Monday in Kabul with the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban and the Biden administration since the militants seized the Afghan capital, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
President Biden dispatched his top spy, a veteran of the Foreign Service and the most decorated diplomat in his Cabinet, amid a frantic effort to evacuate people from Kabul international airport in what Biden has called “one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history.”
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