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For Want Of A Foot Warmer, The Winter War In The Donbas May Be Determined
By tom On Monday, October 31 st, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — For want of a foot warmer, the winter war in the Donbas may be determined. As the clock and nature become allies to determine the next four to six weeks of the war in Ukraine, supporters of Ukraine are rushing military supplies to Kyiv while quietly brainstormingRead more
For the Pentagon now, “don’t ask, don’t tell” is one way of giving war weapons to Ukraine
By tom On Monday, October 17 th, 2022 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri Red Snow News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has a new “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — with this time the policy is about weapon systems it is giving or considering giving to Ukraine and not sexual orientation of personnel. At the forefront are two weapons systems: anti-personnel mines, known as Claymores, andRead more
Like explorers of the past, SecDef Austin needs to find new routes to reach historic destinations
By tom On Sunday, February 28 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON — There is always a lot on the plate of a secretary of defense. More so when you take office after essentially three years of upheaval in Pentagon leadership, an infusion of a politically-charged posse into operations, and a cleaving along racial, sexual, and insurrectionist lines that threatenRead more
Despite A Plate Full of Troubles Near And Far, Austin’s First Big Battle Is An Old Nemesis: The Budget
By tom On Monday, February 15 th, 2021 · no Comments · In And more news stories ,News stories ,WritingBy Tom Squitieri, Talk Media News WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin inherited a host of worldwide hot spots when he took office that was quickly augmented by a menu of near-exploding issues within the ranks. Yet all eyes are on what he does with one long-standing Congressional swoon: the budget. Barring a riot inRead more
