Matthew Pottinger has stressed the need to understand the origins of the coronavirus, citing “institutional failures,” while resisting calls to blame former President Donald Trump for a slowdown in fact-finding.
The former deputy national security adviser was critical of China’s initial response to the growing pandemic, applauding the growing openness to the lab-leak theory as a means of easing the further discovery of information.
“Even if we come up short with a definitive answer, what…
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