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from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network The discussion focused on the challenges facing small businesses in the U.S. and the role of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in supporting them. Kerry Lutz and Lloyd Chapman highlighted the SBA’s historically low budget of approximately $800 million, which they argue is insufficient given that small …
Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin: The Goal Is to Bring Ukraine into NATO@SenTuberville: "I heard Sec. Blinken say last week in Brussels that Ukraine will soon be in NATO? You agree with that?" @SecDef: "That's the goal of the NATO members is to, at some point, bring Ukraine into… pic.twitter.com/T1cINwIiaO — …
via naturalnews: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reportedly authorized the military strike against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen while being confined at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. POLITICO first broke the news of this development, citing information from “two senior administration officials.” Even though Austin was treated for complications from a …
Just dropped off articles of impeachment against Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin. The pattern of misinformation and lies he has provided to the American people are a serious threat to our national security and cannot be tolerated. It is time to make a change. pic.twitter.com/2GZi2trSPD — Matt Rosendale (@FmrRepRosendale) January 10, …
via politico: At a White House meeting last week, Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, noticed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was absent. A top Pentagon official, Sasha Baker, was there in his place. There was nothing obviously unsettling about this. Austin was scheduled to work from home and lower-level …
House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure to slash Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s salary from more than $221,000 annually to less than $1, based on their dissatisfaction with his work so far. The move has little chance of becoming law, but underscores the growing animosity between conservatives and military leaders …