Letter to Hon. Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor - Cramer, Colleagues Ask White House To Clarify U.S. Mission in Ukraine, Provide Answers on Specifics of Lethal Aid

Letter

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in requesting answers from National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan on the specifics, speed, and supply of lethal aid provided to Ukraine. The letter pushes the Biden Administration for answers on what they have provided thus far and what more America and our allies can provide to Ukraine to win the war.

"The U.S. mission in Ukraine must go beyond ensuring the country merely has the means to defend itself against Russian aggression," wrote the senators. "The strategy must deliver Ukraine necessary weapons to defend itself, counter the Russian forces' advance, and give the Ukrainian people a chance to win this war. Success cannot be a Russian-occupied Ukraine - it must be a free, independent, and sovereign Ukraine. Authoritarianism cannot prevail in this conflict. Defending freedom in Ukraine is defending freedom everywhere.

The senators requested a timely response from NSA Sullivan on the following questions "detailing your provisions, risk assessments, and strategy to enable Ukraine to defeat Vladimir Putin and return to sovereignty and freedom."

1. A list of all lethal and nonlethal aid provided to date and status of delivery or estimated delivery to Ukraine.

2. A list of all equipment purchased or allocated for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund that remains within U.S. stocks or control, and an assessment of the feasibility to provide such equipment to Ukraine.

3. A complete list of all Army Pre-positioned Stock (APS) or Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) stocks in Europe by item and location.

4. An analysis of available equipment within allied and partner nations that could be procured or transferred to Ukraine and subsequently backfilled with NATO equipment.

5. A list of equipment, production capacity, and war reserve inventories the United States is capable of delivering to backfill to NATO members who have provided capabilities to Ukraine."

Senators Cramer, Ernst, and Gillibrand are joined by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), John Hoeven (R-ND), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Angus King (I-ME), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Roger Marshall (R-KS).