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NATO unity tested as Ukraine pushes to join

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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The Ukrainian Army Is Preparing for a Battle on Ukraine's Eastern Front

Esper: I don't believe that our uniform military should be used as political pawns. It happened during my tenure when Senator Duckworth held up over a thousand nominees for promotion. That's what's happening here. But it shouldn't happen because all it is is uniform officers being used as politicalawns in what is a policy debate, not the uniform military.

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