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  • Top Pentagon policy official involved in certifying Ukraine aid steps down

    02/19/2020 8:08:53 AM PST · by bitt · 18 replies
    washington examiner ^ | 2/19/2020 | Caitlin Yilek
    A top official at the Pentagon has been asked for his resignation, according to reports. John Rood, the undersecretary of defense for policy, has lost the support of senior national security leadership and has been asked to step down, a source familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. Rood was involved in certifying to Congress that Ukraine was eligible to receive $250 million in security assistance. The certification undercut the argument the Trump administration made for withholding the aid. Shortly after President Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, Rood emailed Secretary of Defense Mark Esper...
  • Defense Official: Nothing Stopping Trump From Building Wall with Military

    01/29/2019 7:12:37 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 50 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Jan 29, 2019
    During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood confirmed to Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) that Trump does not need Congress or a national emergency declaration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The exchange went as follows:BROOKS: I want to direct your attention to 10 United States Code § 284 which authorizes President Trump to deploy the United States military to the southern border to build fences and to do a lot of other things, and for clarity, if you look it up in the dictionary the word fence includes...