U.S. Senator Blackburn arrives in Taiwan – live TV footage

U.S. Senator Blackburn arrives in Taiwan - live TV footage
FILE PHOTO - U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) stands in an elevator after leaving the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol

TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Thursday on board a U.S. military aircraft, live television footage from the downtown Songshan airport showed.

Blackburn is a Republican from Tennessee who sits on the Senate’s Commerce and Armed Services Committees.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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