A Republican senator has blocked the appointment of General David Berger’s successor The US Marine Corps has been left without a confirmed commander for the first time in more than a century after a lone Republican senator refused to confirm around 250 military promotions in protest against the Pentagon’s abortion policy.

The US and Ukrainian leaders have reportedly agreed to get together in Vilnius as a show of unity US President Joe Biden will reportedly hold a one-on-one meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky during this week’s NATO summit in Lithuania, as a demonstration of unity amid disagreements over the Western military alliance’s proposed security commitments…

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