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POLITICS
Former Navy pilot's win cements Republican control of US House. U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, has been reelected in California in a victory that hands Republicans control of the House.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene unveils resolution to audit Ukraine aid funds. House Republicans critical of U.S. assistance to Ukraine during its war with Russia introduced a privileged resolution on Thursday to audit the funds allocated by Congress.
CAN THEY BE EVEN WORSE? – Nancy Pelosi says a ‘new generation' will lead House Democrats. Ms. Pelosi is stepping down from her House leadership role. Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar could be the new top three Democrats.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Mark Milley and the coming civil-military crisis. His recent comments about the Ukraine war reveal the risks of elevating general officers to positions of political prominence.
The bias for capability over capacity has created a brittle force. The military brass has been sounding the alarm about the imminent threat of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. But this urgency is not reflected in the Pentagon's budget. Last month, the Chief of Naval Operations said he needs to prepare his service for potential aggression against Taiwan this year. But by prioritizing capability over capacity in its spending, Washington risks inviting the aggression it seeks to deter.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Air Force, FBI raid homes of man with Area 51 website. A public affairs official at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas confirms FBI and Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents searched the properties.
CHINA THREAT
ACTUALLY – FAR, FAR WORSE – WWIII – Milley warns China: An invasion of Taiwan would be as disastrous as Russia's war against Ukraine. China would be walking into a strategic debacle if it tried to invade Taiwan, Gen. Mark Milley said.
Ban these Chinese chipmakers from Pentagon purchases. Congress should pass a proposed expansion of the law that keeps the federal government from buying certain companies' products.
GEE, WONDER WHAT OTHER MOTIVES THEY HAVE – China urges military veterans to work at iPhone factory. China wants retired military staff to help boost production at the world's largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Poland will not invite Ukraine to co-host missile strike investigation. The Polish authorities will not ask Ukraine to co-host the investigation of the fatal missile strike in Poland's south-east.
Russia launches new missile strikes on Ukraine. President Biden disputes his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky's account of a missile that crashed in Poland.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 268. Russia pounded gas production facilities and a main missile factory in new missile raids on critical infrastructure in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said blackouts have affected 10 million Ukrainians as the winter cold sets in. He called Russia a “terrorist state” for taking out energy infrastructure.
Blinken denies missile incident shows communication rift with Ukraine. Ukrainian and Western officials have disagreed about who fired a missile that landed inside Poland.
US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine. As the first full winter of Russia's war with Ukraine sets in, the US is running low on some high-end weapons systems and ammunition available to transfer to Kyiv.
Ukrainians endure power outages amid Russian strikes on infrastructure. Ukrainians are being urged to save electricity as winter approaches.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea fires suspected long-range missile. North Korea fired a suspected long-range missile designed to strike the mainland U.S. on Friday, its neighbors said.
South Korea reveals new unmanned ‘Navy Sea GHOST' concept. During a ceremony that marked the 77th anniversary of its founding on Nov. 11, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy revealed a new operational concept combining manned and unmanned systems.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Naval Iron Dome successfully tested, as Iran hits another tanker. Just days after an Iranian drone hit an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, the Israeli Navy and industrial partner Rafael have announced the success of an advanced interception test of a new naval variant of the Iron Dome system.
UK refuses to make defense spending commitments amid strategy review. Britain will not commit to future defense spending levels until it completes a review of a strategy released last year, the government's top finance official told lawmakers Thursday.
Saudi crown prince immune from Khashoggi killing lawsuit, US says. Biden administration cites executive powers, international law in shielding Mohammed bin Salman from legal responsibility.
BIDEN AFGHAN DISASTER
Afghan government didn't think US would actually leave; report finds. And five more reasons Afghanistan fell, according to a new special inspector general report.
UNBELIEVABLE – OR NOT – The Pentagon has no idea how much military equipment it actually left behind in Afghanistan. It's been more than a year since the U.S. military's chaotic withdrawal from Kabul, and the Defense Department actually has no clear idea how much U.S.-funded military equipment fell into the Taliban's hands in Afghanistan, according to a new report from a top government watchdog.
ONE OF MANY SIMILAR EFFORTS – The story behind Operation Pineapple Express, a daring rescue effort in Afghanistan. The abrupt departure of the final American troops from Afghanistan last year after two decades of war plunged Kabul into anguished chaos. Watching coverage of the withdrawal at home in Tampa, Florida, Scott Mann sank into furious disbelief.
SPACE THREAT
USSF was almost ‘no go' for Artemis moon launch — had to replace a faulty switch. A snag in Space Launch Delta 45's testing of the Artemis 1 flight termination system contributed to a delay of the very-early-morning launch Nov. 16, one of two last-minute glitches in the final preparations to launch America's new moon rocket for the first time.
‘Critically important': New White House strategy for cislunar research echoes Space Force. The new strategy represents a first US effort to build a whole-of-government strategy for “advancing scientific, exploration, and economic development activities” in cislunar space.
National Reconnaissance Office seeks commercial hyperspectral imaging. The National Reconnaissance Office said it wants to expand the agency's use of commercial hyperspectral imaging, a technology that uses the electromagnetic spectrum to reveal the material makeup of an object or surface area.
US MILITARY
ACCOUNTABILITY? – Skipper censured in fatal Marine AAV mishap tapped to command carrier. Capt. John Kurtz commanded the amphibious transport dock Somerset at the time of a fatal Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle mishap in 2020.
Army preps for ‘contested logistics,' works to boost arms production. Logistics win wars—but not if new enemy capabilities can disrupt supply lines.
Airmen who delivered Afghan baby mid-flight during Kabul evacuation to receive Distinguished Flying Cross. Several members of an Air Force C-17 transport jet crew will receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for helping deliver a baby on the flight out of Afghanistan, the service announced on Thursday.
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So far, all I have heard is suppositions — not one verified fact. Let’s just wait for the facts before spilling useless words on what is likely to be only politicizing conjecture.
Now Biden and Milley want an additional 37 billion in unaccountable dollars (to bring the total to nearly 100 billion) to send to the corrupt Ukrainian government that is buying mansions in Switzerland. Billions to continue the proxy war against Putin that we didn’t want, didn’t vote on, can’t win, and was never in our national security interest. A war that could have had a negotiated settlement back in April, but Biden and McConnell and Lindsey Graham didn’t want it. The war that’s supposedly about Ukraine’s “sovereignty and territory integrity” when we have exactly zero “sovereignty” here with a completely open border that let’s in millions of unvaccinated illegals including criminals, cartels, terrorists (over 90 caught so far) and the Chinese made fentanyl that kills 274 American citizens every day. Write your Congressman and tell them to stop funding this insanity that is collapsing economies (including ours) around the world and killing hundreds of thousands and causing a new refugee crisis in Europe. And, oh yeah, it may start WWIII.
Political Milley is not a general. He’s a useless tool, dressed in his woke garbs for the democrats. Milley will babble whatever Soros tells him.
The decline of our military really got excelled during the obama years when he purged all the real military leaders and replaced them with politicians in uniform. I spent 26 years in our military, and I can honestly say that Milley is one of the worse military “leaders” that I have ever seen. I’ve been retired from the military for 45 years now, but I still keep up on things pertaining to the military, so I have a very long window that I can see what’s happening through out our military, and Milley is nothing but a stooge for the leftist politicians. God help us if we ever got into a real war where we had to defend our homeland.
Miley is a disgrace to we the people and an embarrassment to the Constitution.
Milley is a WOKE scum bag and I don’t care how long his service has been. He and Austin have destroyed our Military. The 13 dead Military in Afghanistan is on those two and the other idiot Biden. We get involved in a war with our many enemies, and Biden will get is into a war, we won’t be able to fight because the troops are now WOKE!Many are gone because they would not take the Jab!Many want to be warriors not wearing pink undies and showing kindness to our enemies. I can see them starting the draft up if this comes to fruition.