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Senators Grill Dahmer Over Pentagon's Communication Failures
11/6/2025
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- Senators from both parties expressed frustration during a confirmation hearing for Austin Dahmer, U.S. President Donald Trump nominee for assistant secretary of strategy, plans, and forces.
- They criticized the Pentagon's lack of communication about decisions like troop withdrawals from Romania and pauses in Ukraine aid, despite lawmakers' condemnation of the Pentagon's policy office.
- Dahmer faced skepticism about his knowledge of policy decisions.
