Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized the Biden administration for the pace it's taking to approve weapons systems to Ukraine, given that the embattled country is the 'most important' foreign policy issue the U.S. is facing 'right now.'
, given that the embattled country is the"most important" foreign policy issue the U.S. is facing"right now."
, according to a senior administration official. The decision was another shift by the Biden administration to provide more advanced weapons systems to Ukraine after long insisting that it was sending sufficient weapons to the country to defend itself and amid worries that Ukraine would use the advanced weapons in Russian territory.
"The military is watching very carefully to make sure we don't draw down our stockpiles and some of these weapons too far. And I think they're monitoring that on a very, very closely," he said. He said the solution needs to start with leaders, suggesting they stop demonizing people who disagree with them.
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