Daily on Defense: Did Biden forget what the Pentagon advised? Budget up for final vote, Blinken to lock horns with Netanyahu, Ukraine pleads for more air defense
, now retired, insisted he wasn’t making big news Tuesday when he told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that just about everyone among the senior leadership at the Pentagon recommendedleave at least 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban from taking over.
“I would tell you that we do see the Taliban is harboring al Qaeda,” Kurilla told the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. “The risk of an attack emanating from Afghanistan is increasing. I assess ISIS-Khorasan retains the capability and the will to attack U.S. and Western interests abroad in as little as six months, with little to no warning.”
“It will pass. We’re whipping the bill, and I expect a good number,” Johnson said, after agreeing to expedite the vote on the budget bill under a process that requires a two-thirds majority for passage. “I also think the House should take up and pass the supplemental that will fund Ukraine, fund Israel, and fund humanitarian aid. My hope is that Speaker Johnson will put that on the floor just after we clear these annual appropriations bills,” Coons said. “I continue to think that the best step for us to take is to take up and pass the bipartisan bill that was negotiated at great length here by Republican Sen. Lankford and Democratic Sen. Murphy with Sen. Sinema.
“Negotiators continue to work, the gaps are narrowing, and we’re continuing to push for an agreement in Doha,” Blinken said. “There’s still difficult work to get there, but I continue to believe it’s possible.” “On the other hand, every Russian terrorist attack shows that the world’s sanctions against Putin’s system are not yet sufficient. Every Russian missile used by these savages to attack our country contains components manufactured by companies from other countries — not from Russia,” Zelensky said. “There are at least 53 types of such components in the design of the X-101 missiles. The Kinzhal missile has at least 49 types of components that Russia does not produce.
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