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Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko speaks during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee concerning the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Before adding a new special inspector general, let’s get rid of one we don’t need

By Thomas Spoehr

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday, July 5, 2023, of planning to attack the power plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of imminent attack on Europe’s largest nuclear plant

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs Russian President Vladimir Putin before their meeting in New Delhi, India, Oct. 5, 2018. Putin will participate on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security grouping founded by Russia and China to counter Western alliances from East Asia to the Indian Ocean. This year’s event is hosted by India, which became a member in 2017. It's the latest avenue for Modi to showcase the country’s growing global clout. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ at meeting of Russia-China led security group

By Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

FILE - Demonstrators hold a Ukrainian flag as they march outside of the White House in support of Ukraine during a rally in Washington, Feb. 25, 2023. One of the architects of the covert U.S. strategy against the Soviets in Afghanistan has published a new memoir. In “By All Means Available,” Michael Vickers calls on President Joe Biden’s administration to increase its support for Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

He was the CIA whiz kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His new book offers advice for U.S. in Ukraine

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press

A Ukrainian soldier prepares a drone on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow as Kyiv’s counteroffensive grinds on

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In this image made from video, Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili attends a court hearing from hospital via video link in Tbilisi, Monday, July 3, 2023. Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him. He and his supporters claim he was poisoned in prison and has lost half of his body weight since he was arrested in October 2021. (Pool Photo via AP)

Georgia condemns Ukraine for its protests over health of former president Saakashvili

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A local woman places flowers at the memorial display at RIA Pizzeria restaurant which was attacked by a Russian rocket in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Award-winning Ukrainian writer dies of injuries suffered in Russian missile attack on restaurant

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Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, looks up during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, July 3, 2023, launching the opening of a center that aims to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

International center opens to help hold Russian leadership accountable for aggression in Ukraine

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in the third Russia aerial attack on the capital in the last 24 hours in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 30, 2023. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s military was largely reliant on Soviet-era weaponry. While that arsenal helped Ukraine fend off an assault on the capital of Kyiv and prevent a total rout in the early weeks of the war, billions of dollars in military assistance has , since poured into the country, including more modern Western-made weapons. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days

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President Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden’s upcoming European trip is meant to boost NATO against Russia as the war in Ukraine drags on

By Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

A Ukrainian military vehicle HMMWV travels on the road at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

3 killed, 17 wounded in Ukraine from Russian attacks, as Spain highlights European support for Kyiv

By Samya Kullab - Associated Press

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on March 7, 2023. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s military was largely reliant on Soviet-era weaponry. While that arsenal helped Ukraine fend off an assault on the capital of Kyiv and prevent a total rout in the early weeks of the war, billions of dollars in military assistance has since poured into the country, including more modern Western-made weapons. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine has an array of new Western weapons. What advantages could they offer in a counteroffensive?

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Milley: Measured pace of Ukraine’s counteroffensive not a surprise

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Russian army servicemen, and police officers guard the highway at the entrance to Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. (AP Photo, File)

A week after an armed rebellion rattled Russia, key details about it are still shrouded in mystery

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the heads of Russian law enforcement agencies at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 26, 2023. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. (Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump: Putin ‘somewhat weakened’ by Wagner group mutiny, urges West to make Ukraine peace deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, right, sits inside a military vehicle posing for a selfie photo with a local civilian on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area of the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin incited a rebellion against Russia's military leaders and marched with his troops toward Moscow but aborted his mutiny when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered an agreement that included exile for the warlord in Belarus. (AP Photo, File)

Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third from left, pose for a photo with Eco-activist Greta Thunberg, third right, Vice-President of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala, center, ex-Deputy Prime Minister and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom, second from left, President of Ireland in 1990-1997 Mary Robinson, fourth from left, and Ukrainian officials during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and others to address the war’s effect on ecology

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Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits disinfect a man from radiation during training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's biggest, relies in large part on water from the now-emptying reservoir at the Kakhovka dam. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine holds drills in Zaporizhzhia to prepare for radiation leaks from Russian-held nuclear plant

By Vasilisa Stepanenko - Associated Press

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin listens the report of Col.Gen. Sergei Surovikin, Russian Commander in Syria, at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Russia’s president has succeeded in exiling Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny last week, but the fate of several top generals is still unclear. There were unconfirmed reports that one of them with ties to Prigozhin has been arrested and another was mysteriously absent from several events attended by President Vladimir Putin and embattled Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Confusion, infighting plague Russian military in mutiny’s wake

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine in action during the women's high jump competition at the World Athletics Diamond League Athletissima City event athletics meeting, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC leader Bach quizzed by Ukrainian Olympic athlete on Russia issue for 2024 Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press