Trump’s No. 2 Pentagon pick won’t say if Russia invaded Ukraine
- Posted on February 25, 2025
- By The Hill
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Trump’s No. 2 Pentagon pick won’t say if Russia invaded Ukraine

Stephen Feinberg, President Trump’s pick to be deputy secretary of Defense, declined to say during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday whether Russia invaded Ukraine. In separate exchanges with Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feinberg suggested he did not want to risk undermining the Trump administration’s position in negotiations by commenting publicly on the…