CONTINUING FRUSTRATION OVER CRs: March 1 will mark five months that the Pentagon has been unable to tap the additional $28 billion authorized by the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1. Unless, that is, Congress acts quickly when the House, which Johnson recessed for a two-week hiatus, returns Feb. 28. It also authorizes spending for U.S. defense contractors to replenish stocks of equipment already provided to Ukraine, Israel, or Taiwan. I said there would be a price to pay.”“That sanctions package will also come on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the Ukraine war,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in a conference call. https://afceanova.swoogo.com/afceanovaluncheonFeb2024TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 279:30 a.m. 2401 M St., NW — George Washington University Project for Media and National Security Defense Writers Group breakfast conversation with Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George.

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