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The site was built for the military, but commercial sales are booming with little public accountability. Rounds have been bought by murderers, antigovernment groups and others.
The plant, operated by a private contractor with Army oversight, is now one of the country’s biggest manufacturers of commercial rounds for the popular AR-15, and it remains so even as the United States supplies ammunition to Ukraine.
The Biden administration announced that it was handing back two Iron Dome air-defense batteries to Israel as part of a larger flow of military aid to the region
The pace of battle in Eastern Europe is highlighting the need to outgun the enemy, a difficult task given the strength of Russia’s artillery.
As a new administration forms, its early priority will be to identify qualified individuals to serve in national security positions, including in the Pentagon. The Plum Book, the guide to all the political appointee positions in the federal government, lists 239 political jobs in the Department of Defense (DoD), 53 of which require Senate confirmation.