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Pentagon Denies Helping Ukraine 'Target' Russian Generals

The US Defense Department denied Thursday that it provided intelligence on the locations of Russian generals on the battlefield so that Ukrainian forces could kill them. Reacting to an explosive New York Times report on US support for Ukraine's military, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said it was true that the…

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Javelin anti-tank missiles get Biden nod as Ukraine depletes US stash

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden stressed the importance of U.S. and allied weapons for Ukraine’s defense Tuesday with a visit to a Lockheed Martin Corp. plant making Javelin anti-tank missiles, which American and NATO officials say have mauled Russia’s invading armored columns.

Tribune News Service

Biden order to boost mining may not have quick payoff

President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles

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Biden sends Ukraine aid bill, but Democrats divide on strategy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden sent to Capitol Hill proposed legislation for his $33 billion assistance package for Ukraine on Friday, but Democrats are divided on how to enact it.

Tribune News Service

Biden sends Ukraine aid bill, but Democrats divide on strategy - Roll Call

President Joe Biden sent legislation to Congress that would appropriate $33 billion to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Roll Call

US Warns Citizens Against Fighting in Ukraine

The US Defense Department warned Americans on Friday against going to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia’s invasion after a former marine was killed. “We continue to urge Americans not to go to Ukraine...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in Ukraine aid - Roll Call

President Biden asked Congress for $33 billion more in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.

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Trump administration's $700 million loan to Kansas trucking company under fire in Congress

WASHINGTON — Federal officials Wednesday were asked to investigate whether an Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company broke federal law when securing a $700 million loan through a federal pandemic aid program — a sum that accounted for 95% of the money allocated to the program.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon research proposed nuking moon

But the fantastical-sounding research may have merely been an attempt by a contractor to milk government coffers

Salon

Senate report suggests military housing company’s fraud continues

WASHINGTON — A major U.S. military housing contractor that pleaded guilty last year to covering up shoddy work from 2013 through 2019, so that the company could keep earning millions of dollars in awards for performance, has continued its behavior into this year, a new Senate subcommittee investigation found.

Tribune News Service

Senate report suggests military housing company's fraud continues - Roll Call

A Senate committee has found that a military housing provider continued to mistreat tenants even after pleading guilty to falsifying records.

Roll Call

U.S. military hopes to mine tech brains in the Midwest with opening of new Chicago office

The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit also has offices on both coasts and in Texas.

Chicago Sun-Times

New requests bring military’s ‘unfunded priorities’ above $21 billion

WASHINGTON — Pentagon brass have asked Congress for nearly $1 billion for anti-missile and cybersecurity programs that are not part of President Joe Biden’s budget request, bringing to more than $21 billion the so-called unfunded priorities the armed services and military commands are seeking for fiscal 2023.

Tribune News Service

Climate change taking a toll on U.S. military bases in the strategic Arctic, report finds

A new report from the Defense Department’s inspector general offers a rare bit of public stock-taking of the military’s state of readiness for a warming Earth.

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New requests bring military's 'unfunded priorities' above $21 billion - Roll Call

The Pentagon has requested millions in additional funds to bolster antimissile defenses and cybersecurity.

Tribune News Service

US military is ordered to allow HIV-positive soldiers to become officers

A federal judge issued a pair of landmark rulings barring the U.S. military from discharging soldiers who contract HIV and ordering the Pentagon to allow those who have the virus but no symptoms to become officers.

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Senators say Pentagon must do more to help Ukraine defeat Russia - Roll Call

Senators pressed Defense Department leaders to send more weapons to Ukraine more quickly, with the goal of defeating Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Small Number' of Ukraine Soldiers Get Drone Training in US

Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the United States to operate the deadly Switchblade drones that Washington is supplying to Kyiv, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said it was a "very small" number of Ukrainian troops who were already present in the US before Russia…

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Military brass undercuts Biden budget by requesting billions more - Roll Call

Generals and admirals have written to Congress asking for billions in funding that President Joe Biden did not request.

Reuters

U.S. approves potential sale of F-16 aircraft to Bulgaria

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of up to eight F-16 aircraft and related equipment to Bulgaria, in a deal valued at $1.673 billion, the Defense Department said on Monday.

Axios

U.S. repatriates Algerian Guantánamo Bay detainee after delay of over 5 years

Sufyian Barhoumi had been detained at the facility for nearly 20 years.

The Independent UK

Biden says sub he commissioned will enhance US security

In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine at the dock in Wilmington, Delaware

The Times of India

Pentagon's $773 billion budget focuses on nuclear arms, R&D

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's proposed $773 billion budget for the Defense Department would increase spending on nuclear modernization as well as research and development, while provoking likely opposition in Congress through proposals to cut back on army troops and retire aging Navy ships and Air Force planes.

The Independent UK

Pentagon may need more budget funding to help Ukraine

The Pentagon says it may have to go back to Congress for additional money to support Ukraine’s battle to defeat Russia’s invasion

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Congress rejects Biden's proposed cut to biosafety program - Roll Call

Congress rejected a Biden administration proposal to reduce funding for a Defense Department biological threat preparedness program.

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