The Pentagon overstated the price of weapons sent to Ukraine from US stockpiles by at least $3 billion over the past year.
by at least $3 billion over the past year, defense officials acknowledged Thursday.
“The revelation of a three-billion-dollar accounting error discovered two months ago and only today shared with Congress is extremely problematic, to say the least,” they said. “The Biden Administration must make up for this precious lost time by using these funds to provide Ukraine the [dual-purpose improved conventional munition] and [Army tactical missile systems] they need to fuel the counteroffensive and win the war,” Rogers and McCaul said.
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