Hawks who won the US Senate midterm elections want to arm the Ukrainian army
Washington – Kyiv, November 06 (PolitNavigator, Vasily Ablyazimov) – The US Senate midterm elections were held, with Republicans winning a landslide victory. This victory has significantly strengthened the position of John McCain's hawks. The latter has already stated his desire to arm the Ukrainian army and compete with China for influence in the South China Sea, The Daily Beast reported today.
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Republicans are already planning an ambitious plan to change American foreign policy. A reshuffle also occurred in the Republican structure itself, where the moderate part gave way to the so-called. to the hawks. “McCain’s hawks plan to arm the Ukrainian army, investigate the role of US intelligence in warming relations with Iran, and fight against ISIS,” writes the American publication.
In an interview Wednesday, Senator McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he had already discussed the new national security agenda with fellow Republicans Bob Corker and Richard Burr, heads of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee.
"Burr, Corker and I will work closely," McCain said. “For example, weapons for Ukraine, reorienting our strategy in the Middle East, our assets in the region against Putin, fighting against China’s continued encroachment on influence in the South China Sea,” The Daily Beast quotes the senator as saying.
McCain said his first order of business as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee would be to initiate a review of the budget sequester, which cuts the budget for the U.S. military across the board, by the end of the year. "I want to start looking at our policies in the world and then see if we have the capacity to deliver on our expectations," McCain said. He said he would use his chairmanship of the Senate committee to completely change the funding of the US military for the better.
The only thing on which Republican hawks will be able to find complete understanding with Obama, the American publication is confident, is a vote in Congress to authorize military action against ISIS.
Hawks who won the US Senate midterm elections want to arm the Ukrainian army.