{"id":1265370,"date":"2022-02-02T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1265370"},"modified":"2022-02-02T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:02:30","slug":"josh-hawley-wants-the-us-to-abandon-its-pledge-to-let-ukraine-join-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-wants-the-us-to-abandon-its-pledge-to-let-ukraine-join-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley Wants The US To Abandon Its Pledge To Let Ukraine Join NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjosh-hawley-wants-the-us-to-abandon-its-pledge-to-let-ukraine-join-nato%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1265370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri called on President Joe Biden to abandon NATO\u2019s pledge to accept Ukraine as a member of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not clear that Ukraine\u2019s accession would serve U.S. interests,\u201d Hawley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21195652-hawleyletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. \u201cIndeed, deteriorating conditions in the global security environment caution otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator asked for \u201cclarity\u201d from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/20\/antony-blinken-state-department-nato-ukraine-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blinken<\/a> about how Ukraine\u2019s membership helps U.S. interests, and he cited the threat of China as a reason to go back on its promise, arguing the binding commitment to defend Ukraine would hinder America\u2019s response to the communist power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States must shift resources to the Indo-Pacific to deny China\u2019s bid for regional domination,\u201d Hawley wrote. \u201cThis means the United States can no longer carry the heavy burden it once did in other regions of the world \u2013 including Europe.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/02\/vladimir-putin-viktor-orban-russia-ukraine-jen-psaki-ned-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Putin Claims US Is Trying To Pull Russia Into A War)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7364566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7364566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2022. (Photo by SUSAN WALSH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush, along with all NATO leaders, agreed at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually be allowed to become members, though a timetable was not established, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/josh-hawley-biden-ukraine-nato-membership-8ea2f9e0-f892-4e6b-8050-0b5e9fba3d95.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has amassed up to 130,000 troops along the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/14\/ukraine-cyberattack-russia-troops-border-biden-putin-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukrainian border<\/a>, blaming the West for creating security risks and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/russia-makes-list-of-demands-for-nato-amid-threats-of-invading-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demanding<\/a> NATO rescind its promise to Ukraine and Georgia. Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/02\/joe-biden-approves-troops-deployments-eastern-europe-russia-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approved<\/a> more U.S. military deployments to Eastern Europe on Wednesday, as diplomatic talks fail to de-escalate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, President Biden has announced that the United States will send more conventional forces to Europe, if Russia invades Ukraine,\u201d Hawley wrote. \u201cSuch a deployment can only detract from the U.S. military\u2019s ability to ready and modernize forces to deter China in the Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. 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