Some senior U.S. Republicans criticized the presidential administration’s decision to direct military aid to Haiti from Pentagon stocks, claiming it could have otherwise been sent to Ukraine, Politico reported on May 21. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration approved in April a $60 million military aid package for the Haitian National Police and international security missions from countries like Kenya in order to help quell gang violence on the Caribbean island. The package is meant to fast-track rifles, ammunition, and armored vehicles from the presidential drawdown authority (PDA), a to…
