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Colin Kahl

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Gender Male
Party Democratic Party
Books States, Scarcity, and Civil Strife in the Developing World
Born Michigan
United States
Presidents Joe Biden
Secretari Lloyd Austin
Education Columbia University
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Colin Hackett Kahl is an American political adviser and academic who is the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Biden administration. Previously, Kahl served as the National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States under then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Cluster bombs: Biden defends decision to send Ukraine controversial weapons

Cluster bombs: Biden defends decision to send Ukraine controversial weapons
Jul 7,2023 9:20 pm

... Pentagon spokesman Colin Kahl said in a press briefing on Friday that the counteroffensive has been " hard sledding" because the Russians had six months to dig in...

Ukraine war: Jet pilots talk about the air war with Russia

Ukraine war: Jet pilots talk about the air war with Russia
May 9,2023 12:21 am

... In fact, Colin Kahl, the Pentagon s undersecretary of defence for policy, said that even " the most expeditious timeline" for delivering F-16s would be 18 months, and thus there was no sense training pilots early...

Iran nuclear: IAEA inspectors find uranium particles enriched to 83. 7%

Iran nuclear: IAEA inspectors find uranium particles enriched to 83. 7%
Mar 1,2023 9:30 am

... Top US defence department official Colin Kahl told a Congressional committee hearing on Tuesday that this so-called " breakout time" had been shortened from 12 months to " about 12 days"...

Ukraine war: German tanks for Ukraine depend on US approval

Ukraine war: German tanks for Ukraine depend on US approval
Jan 19,2023 7:41 am

... However, the Pentagon s top security adviser, Colin Kahl, said late on Thursday that the US wasn t prepared to meet Kyiv s demands for the tanks...

Zelensky hails 'good news' as towns recaptured from Russia

Zelensky hails 'good news' as towns recaptured from Russia
Sep 7,2022 4:41 pm

... Speaking at an event in the United States, Colin Kahl - the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy - suggested that Ukrainian forces were performing better than Russia in some areas...

Afghanistan: US offers to pay relatives of Kabul drone attack victims

Afghanistan: US offers to pay relatives of Kabul drone attack victims
Oct 17,2021 12:44 am

... including my daughter, she was two years old" The compensation offer was made on Thursday in a meeting between Colin Kahl, the under-secretary of defence for policy, and Steven Kwon, the founder and president of an aid group active in Afghanistan called Nutrition and Education International, the Pentagon said in a statement...

Zelensky hails 'good news' as towns recaptured from Russia

Oct 17,2021 12:44 am

Ukraine's President Zelensky has delivered " good news" claiming The recapture of several towns from Russia.

Rumours have swirled for days about a possible breakthrough in The Eastern Kharkiv region, But with no word from Ukrainian officials.

Mr Zelensky declined to name which towns had been retaken, saying that " now is not The Time to name" them.

US officials said Ukraine was making " slow But meaningful progress" against Russian forces.

Speaking in his nightly video address to Ukrainians, President Zelensky said there was " good news" about The rumoured success of Ukrainian troops.

" I think every citizen feels proud of our soldiers, " He Said , naming specific military units and applauding their bravery in combat.

But He Said : " Now is not The Time to name The settlements to which The Ukrainian flag returns".

Ukraine has tightened its operational security in recent weeks, sharing few details about and south.

Ukrainian soldiers have launched an offensive south-east of Kharkiv, towards The Eastern Region of Donetsk, since The War began six months ago.

Some reports suggest Ukrainian forces may be a few dozen kilometres from The City of Izyum, an important link in Russia's military supply chain.

Speaking at an event in The United States , Colin Kahl - The Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy - suggested that Ukrainian forces were performing better than Russia in some areas.

" It is early days. I think The Ukrainians are making slow But meaningful progress. And we'll see how things pan out, " he was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

" But I certainly think things are going better on The Ukrainian side right now in The South than is true on The Russian side. "

The Situation , however, remains fraught.

In its nightly update, The Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday that it had " repelled all Russian attacks" in The Kharkiv and Donetsk regions - But that both sides continued to exchange artillery and air strikes, damaging a dozen different Places .



Source of news: bbc.com

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