Nearly a year into the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the US government *finally* announced an oversight plan for the $17.6 billion in weapons and equipment it's funneled into the country bit.ly/3sCR6Mx "The Defense Department doesn’t earmark the weapons it sends for particular units, according to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby." cnn.it/3U1tJrU

The secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force join forces to get on their knees and beg young Americans to serve "Passion and purpose" is military jargon for "mold-filled barracks, sexual harassment/assault, suicide, and leadership that doesn't care"

NEW: EOD techs are stuck between plummeting recruitment levels and skyrocketing workloads as they're forced to guard domestic VIPs without additional time for training taskandpurpose.com/army-eod-techs… In particular, Trump's time at Bedminster and Mar-a-Lago are a growing drain on Army EOD resources bit.ly/2oTOJb9

Gallagher's defense team includes:

- Marc Mukasey, Trump's personal lawyer

- Bernie Kerik, longtime Trump associate and one-time interim interior minister for Iraq

- lead defense attorney Tim Parlatore, who *~once represented Pete Hegseth~*

Great reporting by @PaulSzoldra

https://twitter.com/TaskandPurpose/status/1131545662993108992

@PaulSzoldra "I'm sure that Pete has some communications with the president but at no time have he or I discussed a pardon for Eddie Gallagher," Parlatore told T&P. "The reality is we're going to win this case in court, not behind the scenes." bit.ly/2JYltId