Lloyd Austin actually said...

Make no mistake, we will ensure that the Department of Defense has the resources it needs to protect our country.

Emphasizing the need for adequate defense funding to safeguard national security.

05/10/2022

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the goal now is to weaken Russia, so that it cannot do this kind of thing again.

I wanted to weaken the Russian result that is weaken their ability to replace military assets.

We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.

Ukraine clearly believes that it can win. And so does everyone here.