The Republican chairmen of the respective Senate and House Armed Services Committees issued a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration’s reported intent to reduce the number of U.S. troops along Europe’s eastern border with Ukraine.
In a sharply worded joint release Wednesday, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said they “strongly oppose” the Pentagon’s decision to discontinue a rotational U.S. brigade in Romania, calling the move “uncoordinated” and “directly at odds” with President Donald Trump’s stated strategy toward Russia and NATO.
“We will not accept significant changes to our warfighting structure that are made without a rigorous interagency process, coordination with combatant commanders and the Joint Staff, and collaboration with Congress,” the lawmakers said.
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