The Defense Department is seeking authority from Congress to loan U.S. weapons to any foreign nation -- not just NATO allies or major non-NATO allies -- to support cooperative research, development, testing and evaluation programs aimed at helping those countries defend themselves against aggression. Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, has not been declared a major non-NATO ally by the United States and has been defending itself from an ongoing Russian invasion, would meet DOD’s criteria, though no nation...
