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Not Passing Supplemental Sends Signal U.S. Is ‘Unreliable Partner,’ Austin Says

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Not Passing Supplemental Sends Signal U.S. Is ‘Unreliable Partner,’ Austin Says
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 9, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told lawmakers on Tuesday that not passing the pending supplemental with further aid for Ukraine would send a signal to other countries the U.S. is an “unreliable partner.” “It would be a signal that the United States is an unreliable partner and that would encourage and embolden autocrats around the globe to do the types of things that [Russian President Vladimir Putin has done,” Austin said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The Senate in…

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