U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said this week he agrees with President Joe Biden’s call not to put U.S. combat troops in Ukraine to deter a possible Russian invasion.
to use NATO troops to defend NATO allies. U.S. troops, according to the Biden administration, could go into Ukraine to help with evacuations.
The president approved the deployment of 3,000 U.S. troops to Eastern Europe on Wednesday, and 1,000 of them will head to Romania while most of the remaining troops will depart to to Poland. The actions come as Russia continues to build up its military presence along the Ukrainian border. Reuters reported nearly“I repeatedly warned the administration, we are going to be tested as a nation,” said Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The authoritarians around the world are going to test American resolve. That’s happening, they’re going to test American credibility.”to reduce dependency on oil and natural gas.
That includes the Jan. 10 decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The agency announced an end to a decision by former President Donald Trump’s administration that authorized expanded leasing and development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, or NPR-A. “They come in to office, driven by the far left, and they start cutting back on the production of American energy, it makes no sense. It’s national security suicide,” said Sullivan.Copyright 2022 KTUU. All rights reserved.
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