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Sanctions, Iran strikes and munitions: House members press Pentagon on risks of easing Russia oil limits
Summary
Members pressed department witnesses on whether easing sanctions on Russian oil and the high munitions burn rate from Operation Epic Fury risk strengthening Russia's war effort and straining U.S. stocks; witnesses said the interagency balances military, economic, and global supply concerns and deferred operational specifics to the classified session.
Several members used the hearing to press senior Defense Department witnesses on the national-security trade-offs tied to recent policy choices in the Middle East and on Russia.
Rep. Joe Crow and others criticized the administration's recent easing of restrictions that allow Russian oil already loaded on vessels to be sold, saying the move could funnel billions to Moscow at a moment when Ukraine is making battlefield gains. Rep. Crow said that loosening sanctions "stands to gain an estimated…
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