Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that he is renaming Fort Moore -- the name chosen to honor decorated Vietnam Army commander Hal Moore and his wife Julia -- less than two years after the base was scrubbed of its previous name honoring a Confederate general.
The Army will return the famed Georgia base to Fort Benning, the name originally chosen in honor of Confederate Henry Benning. However, to keep the name and adhere to a law passed by Congress to eliminate names honoring Confederates, Hegseth chose a World War I junior noncommissioned officer, Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who served with valor and earned the Distinguished Service Cross, as the base's new namesake.
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, a White House official said, deepening the fissure that has opened between the one-time allies.
Trump upended U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia upon taking office in January, opening talks with Moscow. The reversal culminated in an explosive confrontation with Zelenskiy at the White House on Friday, in which Trump upbraided him for being insufficiently grateful for Washington's backing.
"President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution," said the official on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The White House had no immediate comment on the scope and amount of aid affected or how long the pause would last. The Pentagon could not provide further details.
There was no immediate response from Zelenskiy, but Oleksandr Merezhko, head of the Ukrainian parliament's foreign affairs committee, said it looked like Trump was "pushing us towards capitulation".
Trudeau says in a statement that CBP seizures of fentanyl at the US-Canadian border fell to “0.03 pounds” in January, which is less than half an ounce.
— Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Trump is throwing a bomb at our economy and starting a trade war with our closest ally for the stated reason of fentanyl smuggling.
Half an ounce!
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3/ The Kremlin has a vested interest in preventing the United States and Ukraine from signing a mineral deal, as the deal will commit the United States to a long-term investment in Ukraine and Ukraine's sovereignty. isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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And here it is. That meeting was really about Putin3/ The Kremlin has a vested interest in preventing the United States and Ukraine from signing a mineral deal, as the deal will commit the United States to a long-term investment in Ukraine and Ukraine's sovereignty. isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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2/ The Kremlin is claiming that this mineral deal does not benefit Ukraine while also claiming that Russia can make a better offer to the United States, indicating that Moscow sees the deal as harmful to its objectives. isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Quote by Raine:Quote by Raine:
And here it is. That meeting was really about Putin3/ The Kremlin has a vested interest in preventing the United States and Ukraine from signing a mineral deal, as the deal will commit the United States to a long-term investment in Ukraine and Ukraine's sovereignty. isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
[image or embed]2/ The Kremlin is claiming that this mineral deal does not benefit Ukraine while also claiming that Russia can make a better offer to the United States, indicating that Moscow sees the deal as harmful to its objectives. isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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NEW: Recent Russian official statements in response to the proposed US-Ukraine mineral deal indicate that the Kremlin is trying to sabotage the deal through narratives targeting Ukrainian and American audiences. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar030225
— Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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When we weren't looking, Russia annexed us.