29
March 2023
Past Event
More, Better, Faster: A Conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US Support for Ukraine's Defense

Event will also stream live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

More, Better, Faster: A Conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US Support for Ukraine's Defense

Past Event
Hudson Institute
March 29, 2023
A boy walks past of a street exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in center of Kyiv, Ukraine 21 March 2023. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A boy walks past of a street exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in center of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 21, 2023. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
29
March 2023
Past Event

Event will also stream live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
Jim Risch
Jim Risch

United States Senator, Idaho

Roger Wicker
Roger Wicker

United States Senator, Mississippi

heinrichs
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

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Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Roger Wicker (R-MS)—the leading Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee, respectively—remain two of the most prominent and vocal proponents of US support for Ukraine’s defense and territorial sovereignty, making the clear case that this support is in the American national interest. Their resolute support for Ukraine predates Russia’s full-scale invasion. They pressed the Biden administration to do more to deter Russia in the lead-up to Russia’s decision to invade last February, and continue to lead the campaign to provide Ukraine with the weapons necessary for repelling the Russian forces and ending the war on Ukrainian terms.

Please join Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative Rebeccah Heinrichs for a conversation with Senators Risch and Wicker on US support for Ukraine’s defense on Wednesday, March 29, at 4:00 p.m. A reception will follow.

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