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BREAKING: @PentagonPresSec announces a new $125M package for Ukraine security, including training, equipment and advisory efforts to help Ukraine secure its borders, defend against Russian, and improve interoperability with NATO.
I previewed this decision back in July. In an interview, top Biden advisers told me the then-candidate would look to send additional weapons, including anti-ship missiles and patrol boats. politico.com/newsletters/mo…
Kirby also says Biden's global posture review of all US troop deployments worldwide is expected to be completed by mid-year/summer time.
Kirby says the package includes 2 MK-4 armed patrol boats that "will help Ukraine defend its territorial waters." That brings the US commitment up to a total of 8 patrol boats through foreign military financing.

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20 Jan
As Trump leaves office, @BryanDBender and I got new details about just how ugly the transition was at the Pentagon. DoD blocked the Biden team from gaining access to critical info about current ops, including the Afghanistan drawdown and Warp Speed. politico.com/news/2021/01/2…
The effort to obstruct the Biden team, led by senior White House appointees at the Pentagon, is unprecedented in modern presidential transitions and will hobble the new administration on key national security matters as it takes over positions in the Defense Department today.
“They really should not be allowed to get away with this. It’s just completely irresponsible and indefensible,” said one transition official. “To play politics with the country’s national security is just really unacceptable.”
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Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin arrives for his SASC confirmation hearing. The room (not the usual location) is very large and very empty - just a handful of press and staffers.
Austin being introduced now by @SenDanSullivan and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, by video link. Watch armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-01…
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18 Jan
SCOOP: The Pentagon has authorized hundreds of active-duty troops to support enhanced security measures related to the inauguration, as local law enforcement continues to track threats of violence in the nation’s capital this week. politico.com/news/2021/01/1…
The 750 active-duty personnel deployed this week include service members with expertise in handling chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive weapons, as well explosive ordnance disposal and medical teams skilled in trauma response - per defense official
Altogether, the Pentagon has authorized roughly 2,750 active-duty personnel to support the inauguration, but the bulk of those — about 2,000 — are for “ceremonial support,” such as the band, the official said.
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3 Jan
Incoming National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on @CNN once again dings DOD for dragging its feet on transition activities - refusing to meeting with key transition members or respond to requests for information. @FareedZakaria
DOD is now “finally” starting to schedule meetings, but the delay hurts national security, he says. Background: politico.com/news/2020/12/2…
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The Trump team tried and failed to renegotiate the landmark New START arms control treaty that expires soon after @JoeBiden takes office. politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
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29 Dec 20
This is squishy. Last I checked, Austin is not on the DOD agency review team.
DOD spox also cites facilitating a classified videoconference between members of Biden's DOD ART and the intel community ART. This doesn't really count as a meeting between DOD and the transition team either.
DOD spox also cites a meeting between the DOD agency transition director and Biden's DOD ART leadership to discuss "prioritized RFIs and the schedule for interviews starting Jan. 4."

This is basically a meeting to discuss scheduling the more important meetings.
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28 Dec 20
President-elect Biden says reiterates that his transition team encountered "obstruction" from the Department of Defense's political leadership.

Also says that many of the agencies that are critical to US security have incurred "enormous damage" under Trump
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A transition official tells me that DOD has continued to "deny and delay" meetings with the transition. There has been "no substantial progress" since the issue came to light earlier this month.
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