Top US military chief visits munitions plants with lawmakers to press the need to arm Ukraine
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas to address concerns over billions of dollars being sent overseas to Ukraine and other allies when there are so many needs at home. Brown is visiting Lockheed Martin’s Camden, Arkansas, weapon facility and the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Oklahoma, with the lawmakers who represent those factory workforces. Brown said he’ll use the trip to point out how the funding is needed to replenish U.S. military stockpiles that have been sent forward to Ukraine during its fight against Russia’s invasion and how that increased production supports local economies. Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and Oklahoma Sen. John Lankford, who were scheduled to travel with Brown, will no longer be on the trip. The lawmakers have taken different approaches on their support for Ukraine as the war has dragged on. In May 2022, the Arkansas senators split on the $40 billion Ukraine aid package, with Cotton joining Lankford in favor of the aid and Boozman opposed. Mullin, who was a member of the House at the time before being elected to the Senate, also voted in favor of the 2022 aid package, as did Westerman. But more recently, as the Senate last month approved the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific allies, Cotton, Lankford, and Mullin voted against it, while Boozman was in favor.
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