Members of Congress asked leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense to define the endgame for American involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war and expressed wariness of open-ended involvement, despite their strong support for the Ukrainian cause.
The exchange took place at a meeting of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense on Feb. 28.
Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense, and Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified at a subcommittee meeting for oversight of Ukraine.
Definition of Success
“This is a fight you have to win. I don’t have any equivocation about that. I think the consequences of losing for the country and in terms of the international order are horrific,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) asked….