A senior advisor and former deputy to the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy told senators on Thursday that his office “neither ordered nor even recommended a pause to any weapons shipments to Ukraine” over the summer, contrary to the press reporting from the time, but also in contrast to testimony from his colleague on Tuesday and statements from the Pentagon on July 2.

For a second day, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee tried to find some clarity on recent Pentagon moves that took both Congress—and in at least one case, the White House —by surprise, during a confirmation hearing that included Alex Velez-Green , who was formally nominated in June to become Elbridge Colby ’s deputy.

“Again, what I am aware of is that there were brief disruptions to delivery of we

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