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‘PROSPECT OF A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION’: The United States has positioned two aircraft carrier battle groups in the Middle East, deployed more missile defenses to the region, and evacuated nonessential personnel from its embassy in Iraq as Iranian-backed proxy forces have targeted U.S. troops in Syria and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants have attacked Israeli forces across the northern border with Lebanon.
The deployment of the additional U.S. assets is meant to send a clear message, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on CBS. “No one should take advantage of this moment to escalate, to further attacks on Israel, or for that matter attacks on us, on our personnel. “But the only thing that is relevant here, so our viewers understand, it's Iran,” Keane said. “They will make those decisions, whether they go or not. And that likely has something to do with how things go in Gaza with the Israelis and what the perception is in the international community as well. It's going to be Iran's decision, just as the Hamas attack on Israel was Iran's decision.
“We're reflecting this loss of political will in Ukraine,” Keane said. “We not only have to support Ukraine — Ukraine's got to win this war. It's related to these other two regions. … We cannot have Russia win that war. If that happens, China wins, and so do the Iranians.”Good Monday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre and edited by Conrad Hoyt.
The White House said nearly half of the money would be spent in the U.S. “This supplemental request invests over $50 billion in the American defense industrial base, ensuring our military continues to be the most ready, capable, and best-equipped fighting force the world has ever seen,” Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young told reporters on Friday. “The funding will expand production lines, strengthen the American economy, keep us safe, and create new American jobs.
“If I have anything to do with it, it will be dead on arrival. And I think that's the emerging position among Republicans in the Senate,” said Sen. Tom Cotton on Sean Hannity’s Friday night show on Fox News. “I think we need to support Israel. We got to control our southern border obviously. We need to reinforce Taiwan, and we can provide needed military aid to Ukraine. We can do all those things. But … that's not what Joe Biden's proposals do. It provides $3.
McConnell also repeated the Biden administration argument that while the weapons are going to Ukraine, much of the money is going to U.S. defense contractors. “A significant portion of it's being spent in the United States, in 38 different states, replacing the weapons that we sent to Ukraine with more modern weapons. So, we're rebuilding our industrial base.
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1 p.m. 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE — Heritage Foundation discussion on the"Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance https://www.heritage.org/middle-east/event/future-the-us-israel-alliance 3:30 p.m. 1030 15th St. NW — Atlantic Council discussion:"Analyzing the Pentagon's 2023 China Military Power Report," with Assistant Defense Secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Michael Chase https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event
10 a.m. 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — Hudson Institute discussion:"The Coast Guard's Vital Role in the Indo-Pacific," with Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan https://www.hudson.org/events/coast-guard 2 p.m. HVC-210, U.S. Capitol — House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on"Friend and Ally: U.S. Support for Israel after Hamas' Barbaric Attack," with testimony from Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, and Dana Stroul, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/friend-and-ally-u-s-support-for-israel
10 a.m. 1763 N St. NW — Middle East Institute discussion:"The Critical Implications of Syria's Worsening Crisis: From Local to Global," with Yassin al Haj Saleh, Syrian writer and former political prisoner; Andrew Tabler, Washington Institute for Near East Policy senior fellow; Mona Yacoubian, U.S. Institute of Peace Middle East and North Africa Center vice president; and Charles Lister, MEI senior fellow https://www.mei.
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