East Central Alabama News

On September 25, 2024, a group of House GOP chairmen issued a statement demanding the Biden-Harris administration release an unclassified version of its Ukraine strategy. The call was made by U.S. Representatives Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Mike Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Tom Cole (R-OK), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense; and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.

The statement emphasized that "the Biden-Harris administration must immediately release an unclassified version of its strategy for how U.S. and allied assistance will hasten a Ukrainian victory in Russia’s war of aggression." The representatives highlighted that the strategy had been submitted months after the congressionally mandated deadline and criticized the decision to fully classify it as "unacceptable."

They further argued that this decision "defies critical provisions that House Republicans fought to enact as part of the National Security Supplemental and the FY24 spending bills." Stressing the importance of transparency, they stated, "Given the vital U.S. interests at stake in Ukraine defeating Putin’s invading forces, all of Congress and the American people deserve to understand how their hard-earned tax dollars are being spent."