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John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia’s war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

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This report details significant shifts in U.S. foreign and defense policy regarding the redirection of military aid and the restructuring of NATO alliances.

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