Pentagon policy shop shifts story on pause in Ukraine aid again

A senior advisor and former deputy to the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy told senators on Thursday that his office “neither ordered nor even recommended a pause to any weapons shipments to Ukraine” over the summer, contrary to the press reporting from the time, but also in contrast to testimony from his colleague on Tuesday and statements from the Pentagon on July 2.For a second day, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee tried to find some clarity on recent Penta