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Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks - Bridge Colby is effectively carrying Pres Trump’s message to our allies that they need to step up and invest in their own defense. Keep up the great work @ElbridgeColby.
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Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt
Good for Undersecretary @ElbridgeColby. From @FT:
“The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role they would play if the US and China went to war over Taiwan, in an effort that has frustrated the two most important American allies in the Indo-Pacific.
Elbridge Colby, under-secretary of defence for policy, has been pushing the issue in meetings with Japanese and Australian defence officials in recent months, said five people familiar with the discussions.”
If we don’t know what our closest allies are genuinely committed to do in the event of a crisis of the first magnitude, can we call them “close allies?” That it is somehow controversial to demand clarity is absurd. Through the long years of the first Cold War, America usually knew who was with her and who was on the sidelines. The alliance of tyrants in PRC, Russia, NK, Iran and some smaller thugs presents the same strategic situation as did the Soviet Union in the old days: Whose side are you on? And what, exactly, do you mean by that?
Now the reporter might not know what the response from the country’s senior leadership was, or the story could simply be standard issue pot-stirring, but the ongoing effort to make Colby a target when he is simply running point for the Pentagon on the key strategic region for the next two hundred years is absurd.
Undersecretary Colby’s attempt to achieve clarity about commitments in the event of a variety of contingencies is not only reasonable, it’s essential. Why, for example, would we help country A arm itself if country A would not render assistance in a fight?
Keep in mind that President Trump is running the show, Secretary Hegseth answers to him and Undersecretary Colby answers to them both. There aren’t any free agents or rogue officials. When and if they appear they will be shown the door.
https://x.com/SenatorBanks/status/1944071950151618921
Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly - How can critical defense aid to a partner at war be paused without the President knowing? Who’s really in charge here?
Let’s be clear: Ukraine is on the front lines protecting democratic values and we need to help them defend themselves against Russia.
https://x.com/SenMarkKelly/status/1944128050896970215
Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul - NEW REPORT: The United States Secret Service failed in Butler, and no one was fired.
We subpoenaed documents they didn't want to release. Here's what we found:
-Some agents got light punishments given the severity of the failures (some even reduced)
-The communications agent who failed to warn Trump's team about the suspicious individual with a rangefinder and that there was a man on the roof? No punishment.
-Policy reforms from the USSS came in response to our last report
Judge for yourself. We’re publishing the USSS documents for the first time.
https://x.com/SenRandPaul/status/1944087287362720030
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