The U.S. government’s senior intelligence official said that he believes the Obama administration should give Kiev “lethal defensive weapons” for its struggle against the Russian-backed separatists battling the country’s military in eastern Ukraine
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that he had argued for giving the Ukrainians the weapons to “bolster their resolve” and convince them “that we’re with them.” But he stressed that his position was not U.S. government policy – at least, not yet. “This is just me, Jimmy Clapper, speaking,” he said. “This is something that’s in deliberation right …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
