Senator Mark Kelly asked the Pentagon’s deputy chief nominee Stephen Feinberg a simple question, “did Russia invade Ukraine?” and sat at the Senate Armed Services Committee and dodged answering.
A recoding of the hearing released by Forbes, Kelly is heard asking the nominee, “Mr Feinberg, did Russia invade Ukraine?”
All Feinberg could say was, “Erm, well, going to my behind closed-door statements a second ago, I’ll just say this. Erm, the erm,” Kelly then interjected, “[Russia] moved tanks and troops and armoured personnel carriers (APCs) across the Ukrainian border. It’s a pretty simple question.”
Kelly then asked if he the Republican chairman of the committee, Sen. Roger Wicker, he’s “pretty sure” that he would know the answer to the question.
Wicker has called Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” and he must be “jailed for the rest of his life, if not executed.”
Feinberg said to Kelly’s statement, he thinks someone “not involved in the discussions” should not “make statements public that could undermine what the president and the [defence] secretary’s intent is.”
“I do have confidence that President Trump is very strong in negotiation, has a plan, and that he’d find a good outcome for America,” Feinberg added.
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