{"id":1970660,"date":"2023-07-12T11:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-us-is-low-on-ammunition\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:33:56","slug":"biden-says-us-is-low-on-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-us-is-low-on-ammunition\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden claims US faces ammunition shortage."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fbiden-says-us-is-low-on-ammunition%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=1970660&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>8:25 AM \u2013 Wednesday, July 12, 2023<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with CNN\u2019s Fareed Zakaria, President Joe Biden made a startling admission. He revealed that the United States is running low on ammunition after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-us-is-low-on-ammunition\/\" title=\"Biden claims US faces ammunition shortage.\">providing multiple military aid packages<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In CNN interview, President Biden is not particularly clear but seems to be saying US is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine because we are running out of 155mm artillery ammunition to send them. Seems obvious this is affecting US readiness to defend itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ofKyZQUx2X\">pic.twitter.com\/ofKyZQUx2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron York (@ByronYork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1678037458594799616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During the interview, which aired on Sunday morning, Biden defended his turnaround decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. While speaking with Zakaria, Biden let slip that the U.S. is running low on 155mm ammunition, which is why the cluster munition was approved to be sent to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a war relating to munitions. And they\u2019re running out of that ammunition, and we\u2019re low on it,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd so, what I finally did, I took the recommendation of the Defense Department to \u2013 not permanently \u2013 but to allow for this transition period while we get more 155 weapons, these shells, for the Ukrainians.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a former U.S. Army officer who now sits on the Armed Services Committee in the Senate, said that Biden had finally acknowledged that his administration did not adequately prepare the country for the prolonged conflict, and the support that he has been sending to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe president is right,\u201d he said. \u201cHis administration hasn\u2019t done enough to prepare the United States for a major conflict, including sufficiently accelerating munitions production.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said that he\u2019s glad Biden finally admitted that there is a problem. However, he went on to explain that due to the amount of ammunition and weapons that were sent to Ukraine, if the U.S. was to enter a major conflict, the country \u201cwould run out of key ammunition in less than week.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn a hot war with China the U.S. would run out of key ammunition in less than a week,\u201d Banks said. \u201cI\u2019m glad Joe Biden finally acknowledged that\u2019s a problem, but he forgot to mention a main reason for our defenselessness: Democrats took billions in weapons that had been bought by taxpayers over decades and in a year sent them all to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the interview, the White House scrambled to walk back the statement given by the president. A White House official said that the country retains a certain amount in reserve and that everything that has been sent to Ukraine was \u201cexcess\u201d ammunition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe military has specific requirements for the numbers of weapons systems and ammunition we maintain in our reserves in case of contingencies or military conflict,\u201d the White House official said. \u201cEverything we send to Ukraine is in excess of that. So, the U.S. is not running out of ammunition ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House official also defended the decision to send the cluster munitions for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe are authorizing cluster munitions to ensure that Ukraine is not left defenseless while we wait for our own domestic production of ammunition to ramp up substantially, which we are in the process of doing as are our allies and partners,\u201d the official said. \u201cThese cluster munitions are a bridge as we significantly increase production of ammunition over the coming months \u2013 and will have much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-crashes-on-uae-statement-in-favor-of-boosting-oil-output\/\" title=\"Oil Crashes on UAE Statement in Favor of Boosting Oil Output\">higher production levels<\/a> soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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