The nation’s top military general said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama should consider sending weapons to Ukraine’s beleaguered military to aid its fight against Russian-backed separatists, becoming the latest of several U.S. officials to make such a recommendation.
The Washington Post reported that Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that, “we should absolutely consider providing lethal aid.”
“And it ought to be in the context of our NATO allies because [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s ultimate objective is to fracture NATO,” Dempsey added.
Dempsey joins Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, lawmakers …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
