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Thereupon, the feds appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which last week, on a 2-1 vote, rejected the plea and held that the decision was Mr. Austin’s to make, and it didn’t matter if he said no well after the agreement had been entered.
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After announcing that COVID-19 was the Pentagon’s “most urgent challenge,” Mr. Austin said, “We condemned Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and underscored our commitment to helping Ukraine’s forces better defend their country.” Nine months later, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin saw the weakness emanating from the Biden administration and invaded Ukraine to start the brutal war that continues today.
