One of the things that Secretary Austin has been very focused on is that we should not be providing the Ukrainians systems they can’t repair, they can’t sustain, and that they over the long term can’t afford because it’s not helpful, and this isn’t about a news cycle or what’s symbolically valuable, it’s what will actually help Ukraine on the battlefield.

Colin Kahl

Colin Hackett Kahl is an American political adviser and academic who is the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Biden administration. Previously, Kahl served as the National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States under then-Vice President Joe Biden. After the Obama Administration, Kahl served as a Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at Stanford University.In the Obama administration, Kahl was involved in the negotiations of the Iran nuclear deal. After leaving the administration, he was subject to disinformation campaigns, as well as private intelligence investigations by former Trump administration staff that targeted him, his wife and children.

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