DOD Under Fire For Failing To Provide Promised Assistance To Ukraine

By Tony Bertuca / March 10, 2015 at 4:42 PM
The Pentagon promised to deliver $118 million of nonlethal military aid to Ukraine in October, but only around half of it has actually been sent and Brian McKeon, the under secretary of defense for policy, is having difficulty explaining why. McKeon, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, said the delay in aid could be blamed on a "range of things." "I just can't explain why, in some circumstances, it goes slower than we would like," he said. "Some,...

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