Pentagon ordered to set aside all documents on Ukraine aid freeze

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Source: Politico

By JACQUELINE FELDSCHER
10/03/2019 01:57 PM EDT

The Pentagon has been ordered to send all documents and communications about military aid to Ukraine to the department's Office of the General Counsel “for cataloguing and review,” the top Defense Department spokesperson said today, adding that this is standard practice for high-profile issues.

The documents could play a role in the House's impeachment inquiry, launched after President Donald Trump appeared to make military aid to Ukraine conditional on officials investigating Trump’s political rivals, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

“Today, the general counsel of the department, in keeping with past practice on matters of importance and to ensure that all appropriate department information is available on this matter directed that DoD offices should provide any pertinent documents and records to the Office of General Counsel for cataloguing and review,” Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman told reporters.
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Asked whether the Defense Department was directed to provide documents due to congressional or other pressure, Hoffman said the department is following normal procedure on high-profile issues.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/03/pentagon-ukraine-military-aid-freeze-025455

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -- Orwell .nt

[orangecrush]

2. K&R

[Scarsdale]

3. It is overdue time to audit

the Pentagons budget. Who was in charge when those very expensive hammers, toilets, screws were purchased? Who keeps track of stolen weapons? How do rocket launchers end up in private hands? Someone is sleeping on the job, so I do not have a lot of confidence in them. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians as the expression goes.