U.S. officials and military analysts say the weapons, which are banned by many countries, will ease Ukraine’s artillery ammunition shortage but may not have an immediate impact in the war.
Tag: United States Defense and Military Forces
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Defense Bill’s Fate Teeters After G.O.P. Wedges In Social Issues
Democrats said they could not support the measure after the House adopted a raft of social policy provisions, including limits on abortions, gender transition procedures and diversity training.
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U.S. to Pay $975,000 to Resolve Sexual Assault Claims Against Air Force General
Kathryn A. Spletstoser, a retired U.S. Army colonel, had accused Gen. John E. Hyten of unwanted sexual advances and touching. General Hyten, who was later vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied the allegations.
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House to Vote on Abortion Access for Military, Bowing to the Far Right
G.O.P. leaders acceded to the demands of ultraconservatives to use the annual defense policy bill to lodge cultural grievances and protest continued U.S. support for Ukraine.
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G.O.P.’s Far Right Seeks to Use Defense Bill to Defund Ukraine War Effort
The group’s proposals have no chance of passage, but they have further mired the military spending bill in a partisan fight and highlighted Republican divisions over the war.