Daily on Defense: Biden dashes Ukraine hopes for NATO invite, Biden speaks at D-Day commemoration, Wicker calls for DOD top-line hike
expressed doubts about whether Ukraine needs to join NATO in order to bring lasting peace and stability to the war-torn nation, suggesting instead that NATO should continuing supporting Ukraine so it can defend itself.
“I would really like us to get an invitation because I know that this would be a very serious card in Ukraine’s hands before the end of the war,” Zelensky told theon May 20. “I believe that when this card is in Ukraine’s hands, it is also in the hands of the United States and other partners and even those who are not in NATO, those who are Russia’s neighbors, and those who are concerned about their security.
“So holding NATO together is really critical. I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war,” Biden said, noting it would require NATO to defend “every inch” of Ukraine’s territory. “We in Congress must tell the American people what is at stake,” Wicker said, citing the growing threat of war with China. “Failing to deter China would immediately trigger a global economic depression. Losing to Beijing would extend the hardship, darkening the course of the entire 21st century.”
But it also contains provisions considered “poison pills” by Democrats, including a prohibition on the use of federal funds to enable service members to obtain abortions, a bar on anyone in the country illegally from applying for veteran medical care, and an end to the use of funds to promote or advance critical race theory or diversity, equity, and inclusion executive orders.
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