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White House To Seek $813.3B As One of Biggest National Security Budget: Bloomberg

Citing officials familiar with the plan, Bloomberg reported that President Joe Biden would request $813.3 billion&nbs

Benzinga

Russian Army 'Taking Defensive Positions' in Ukraine, Says Pentagon

The Russian army has retreated more than 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Kyiv in the past 24 hours and has begun to establish defensive positions on several fronts in Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. "The Ukrainians have managed to push the Russians back 55 kilometers east and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Putin banked on NATO being split, he’s getting the opposite,’ Biden says

Russian President Vladimir Putin had banked on NATO being split when he launched an invasion of Ukraine last month, but Putin actually sparked the exact opposite, with the alliance now being “more united than ever”, US President Joe Biden said at a NATO-G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday. Read FRANCE…

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White House to seek $813.3 billion national security budget

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to request $813.3 billion in national security spending — including $773 billion for the Pentagon — in the federal budget he will send to Congress on Monday, according to officials familiar with the plan.

Tribune News Service

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

Tribune News Service

Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a new law aimed at doing that is insufficient, several whistleblower advocates contended.

Tribune News Service

Congress' protections for whistleblowers only go so far - Roll Call

New whistleblower protections, a response to Donald Trump's first impeachment, don't go far enough, advocates for whistleblowers say.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

One month has passed since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, and there have been no major breakthroughs on the battlefield or the negotiating table

The Independent UK

Humanitarian convoy attacked near besieged Mariupol, says Zelensky

A humanitarian convoy was attacked near the besieged city of Mariupol

Evening Standard

Ukraine morning briefing: Russia refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons

The US has condemned Russia after Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would use nuclear weapons if it faces 'an existential threat'

Wales Online

100,000 civilians trapped in Mariupol amid Russia’s ‘constant bombing’, says Zelenskiy

Ukraine president says conditions are ‘inhumane’ in devastated southern city, and accuses Russian forces of seizing convoy on humanitarian corridor

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says Russia seized relief workers in Mariupol convoy

Ukrainian leaders have accused Russia of seizing 15 rescue workers and drivers from a humanitarian convoy trying to get desperately needed aid into the bloodied city of Mariupol

The Independent UK

Russian soldiers being removed from front line with frostbite because of lack of warm clothing, reports say

Senior US defence official says Russian army is ‘struggling on many fronts’

The Independent UK

Ukraine beginning to retake territory as Russia losses 10% of combat forces, report says

US intelligence has seen no tangible effort by Russia to resupply its troops, Pentagon tells reporters in background briefing

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Fox News anchors interrupt Biden critique to thank Pentagon for saving their correspondent

Reporter Benjamin Hall was injured by a mortar blast that killed two other journalists in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

US condemns Moscow’s refusal to rule out use of nuclear weapons – as it happened

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

The Independent UK

Pentagon says Russia’s invasion ‘not that impressive’ as progress on the ground stalled

Pentagon press secretary says Russian forces have met fiercer than anticipated resistance from Ukraine

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Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainian MP warns Vladimir Putin won't stop at destruction of Mariupol, 3.5m flee to neighbouring countries

The UNHCR says the number includes more than 2.1 million people who have fled to neighbouring Poland, with a further 540,000 escaping to Romania.

Reuters

Pentagon says it will help gather evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

The Pentagon on Monday accused Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine and said it would help gather evidence of them, as it accused the Kremlin of carrying out indiscriminate attacks as part of an intentional strategy in the conflict.

Reuters

U.S. defense secretary to accompany Biden to NATO, Poland -Pentagon

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will accompany President Joe Biden in Europe this week for talks at NATO headquarters in Brussels and in Poland as allies respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Monday.

The Independent UK

US to bolster Ukrainian air defences with Soviet-made equipment it acquired secretly, report says

The delivery of the air defence systems is part of a push by the White House to help Ukraine

Salon

On Ukraine, let's follow the money

Public opinion, both parties and the Pentagon are together on this. That means it's time to ask some questions

Benzinga

European Demand For US Drones, Missiles Increases After Russian Invasion: Reuters

Reuters reported that European governments approached the U.S. government and defense contractors with a shopping list of arms, including drones, missiles, and missile defenses, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drives renewed demand for U.S. weaponry. Germany, along with its potential deal for 35 Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) F-35 jet fighters, has inquired…

Reuters

Russian invasion spurs European demand for U.S. drones, missiles

European governments have approached the U.S. government and defense contractors with a shopping list of arms including drones, missiles and missile defenses as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drives renewed demand for U.S. weaponry.

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