| UKRAINE LOSING FAITH: If there was one moment last week that crystallized the fear in Ukraine that the Trump administration is not working in Ukraine's best interest it was a statement at last week's Cabinet meeting in which special envoy Steve Witkoff said "lots of good things" were in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi and that "the Russians are doing things maybe that people wouldn't give them the credit for doing." "What good things? Russia bombing a passenger train, blowing people to pieces, burning them alive, and forcing mothers with newborns to jump out of the train in terror for their lives?" posted "Kate from Kharkiv" on X. "Or the humanitarian disaster Russia caused in Kyiv, where people freeze to death in their homes — especially the elderly, too weak and cold to seek help, with no phones to call anyone after days without power?" Witkoff's remarks came at the same Cabinet meeting in which Trump announced that he had "personally asked" Russian President Vladimir Putin "not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week. And he agreed." The gesture was meant to spare Ukraine's energy infrastructure during a period of bitter cold, but it turned out to be a lot less than advertised. The "pause" lasted only a few days, and, while Russia held off bombing Kyiv for a few days, it steadily attacked other cities and towns across Ukraine, targeting logistics hubs and random civilians, including a maternity hospital and a bus carrying miners home from work. ZELENSKY: PEACE TALKS DELAYED: Negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. were planned to resume yesterday in Abu Dhabi, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the talks had been pushed into this week. "The dates for the next trilateral meetings have been set: February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi. Ukraine is ready for substantive talks, and we are interested in achieving a result that brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war," Zelensky said on X. This morning, Zelensky reported that a technical problem that had left much of the country without electricity on Saturday had been resolved, but Russian attacks on energy infrastructure had resumed. "Over the past 24 hours, there were new Russian attacks on energy facilities in frontline and border communities," Zelensky posted. "As on previous days, the Russian army remains focused on terror against our logistics – primarily railway infrastructure." "In Kyiv, more than 200 buildings are still without heating, mainly due to accidents," Zelensky said. 'THE THREE OF US NEED TO MEET': The U.S. says the main sticking point in peace negotiations is Russia's demand that Ukraine hand over all of the eastern Donbas region to Russia, which currently controls about 80% of the territory, but has been unable to capture the rest. Ukraine is unwilling to give up the area, which includes its heavily fortified front lines. "Whatever happens, our positions and defense at the front are key to preserving Ukraine, our independence, and our ability to engage in diplomacy and rebuild life," Zelensky said in a video post over the weekend. In an interview on Saturday, Zelensky said he has only heard secondhand about future U.S. security guarantees being contingent on Ukraine ceding the strategic territory to Russia. "I haven't heard this directly from President Trump. U.S. guarantees have a price — the question is what that price is," Zelensky said. "The three of us need to meet — me, Trump, and Putin," Zelensky said. "At minimum, we need direct contact with Russia's leader. Without that, our teams won't be able to agree on territorial issues." Russian President Putin has said he's willing to meet face-to-face with Zelensky, but only if Zelensky makes the trip to Moscow, which his advisers suggested would be foolish. Zelensky countered that Putin could come to Kyiv. THREATS, MILITARY BUILDUPS, AND NEGOTIATING OFFERS: TRUMP'S NATIONAL SECURITY PLAYBOOK Good Monday morning, Happy Groundhog Day, and welcome to Jamie McIntyre's Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre (@jamiejmcintyre) and edited by Christopher Tremoglie. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else. Sign up or read current and back issues at DailyonDefense.com. If signing up doesn't work, shoot us an email and we'll add you to our list. And be sure to follow me on Threads and/or on X @jamiejmcintyre. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP OR READ BACK ISSUES OF DAILY ON DEFENSE NOTE TO READERS: Daily of Defense will not publish Monday, February 16 as we observe the Presidents Day federal holiday and recover from Sunday night's Super Bowl festivities. HAPPENING TODAY: GROUNDHOG DAY ON CAPITOL HILL: Here we go again. Across Washington and around the country, federal government offices, including the Pentagon, are going through the motions of shutting down for lack of funding, while hoping to be back tomorrow to open things up again. We've seen this movie many times, and it always seems to end the same way. It's just a question of how hard it will be to get Congress to do its thing. One big factor is that this time, President Trump is calling the shots, effectively ordering Republicans in Congress to accept the deal he hammered out with Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The agreement includes fully funding over 90% of the government while keeping the Department of Homeland Security afloat with a temporary, two-week Continuing Resolution, as the two parties wrangle over new restrictions on how ICE enforces immigration laws. "The president is leading this. It's his play call to do it this way. He has already conceded that he wants to turn down the volume, so to speak," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Fox News Sunday. "I don't understand why anybody would have a problem with this, though. Remember, these bills have already been passed. We're going to do it again. It's a formality at this point." "I have a lot of conversations to have with individual Republican members over the next 24 hours or so," Johnson said, noting his first challenge is passing a rule to allow a final vote on the pancake tomorrow, which he has to do with all Republican votes. "We'll get all this done by Tuesday, I'm convinced." HOUSE GOP DITCHING DEMOCRATS TO PASS SPENDING BILLS, LUNA REVEALS IRAN FEARING THE WORST: Over the weekend, in separate availabilities with reporters as he was shuffling back and forth between Washington and Mar-a-Lago, President Trump warned Iran to make a deal on nuclear weapons or face American military might. "We do have very big, powerful ships heading in that direction," Trump told reporters on Air Force One, heading to a black tie dinner in Washington. "We have a lot of things happening right now with Iran. We have a tremendous fleet going in that direction, and they're talking to us, so a lot of things could happen." "I hope they negotiate something that's accepted," he said. On Sunday, Trump was asked about statements from Iran's Supreme Leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who warned that any attack by the United States would spark a "regional war" in the Mideast. "Why wouldn't he say that? Of course, he wouldn't say that," Trump told reporters before heading back to Florida. "But we have the biggest, most powerful ships in the world over there, very close, a couple of days. And hopefully, we'll make a deal. If we don't make a deal, then we'll find out whether or not he was right." "We are not the initiators of war. We do not seek to oppress anyone. We do not seek to attack any country. However, anyone who seeks to attack or cause harm will face a decisive blow from the Iranian nation," Khamenei's official account posted on X. In an interview on CNN, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said negotiations with the U.S. are complex because of the history between the two countries, "A meaningful negotiation should be based on trust. And unfortunately, we have lost our trust to the United States as a negotiating partner. We need to overcome this mistrust." "President Trump said no nuclear weapons, and we fully agree," he said. "We fully agree with that. That could be a very good deal. Of course, in return, we expect sanction lifting. So, that deal is possible." MACHADO WAITING FOR HER MOMENT: In his interactions with reporters, Trump had kind words for both Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado and acting President Delcy Rodríguez. "We're getting along very well with the leadership of Venezuela," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "They're doing a really good job. We're going to be selling a lot of oil, and we'll take some, and they'll take a lot, and they're going to do very well. They're going to make more money than they've ever made. And it's going to be beneficial to us." Meanwhile, Machado is biding her time, lavishing praise on Trump and hoping that, in the near future, there will be free and fair elections and that she will be able to run. "I will be president when the time comes. But it doesn't matter. That should be decided in elections by the Venezuelan people," she told CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan. "I wasn't allowed to run in the last election, as we mentioned before, because Maduro was afraid to running against me." As for Trump's support of Rodriguez, Machacho was sanguine. "I truly believe he understands the nature of this regime. They all know that Delcy Rodriguez is a communist that no one can trust. Not even, you know, the people surrounding her right now does." "I will concentrate on what he [Trump] told me in a private conversation, looking each other in the eyes," she said. CUBA FEELING THE HEAT: Trump also said Saturday the U.S. has begun high-level talks with Cuban leaders in the wake of his recent tariff threat to any country supplying oil to Cuba. "Where we're starting to talk to Cuba. We're starting to, they need help on a humanitarian basis," Trump said. "I think we're going to work a deal with Cuba. I think, you know, we'll be kind. We have a situation that's very bad for Cuba. They have no money. They have no oil." "They'll come to us, they'll make a deal. But Cuba really, they've got a problem," he said. "I know so many people from Cuba … we have a lot of people in the United States right now that would love to go back to Cuba, and we'd like to work that out." CUBAN PRESIDENT CALLS TRUMP ADMIN 'FASCIST, CRIMINAL, AND GENOCIDAL' OVER NEW TARIFFS THE RUNDOWN: Washington Examiner: Threats, military buildups, and negotiating offers: Trump's national security playbook Washington Examiner: Cuban president calls Trump admin 'fascist, criminal, and genocidal' over new tariffs Washington Examiner: Iran claims Trump being 'dragged' toward war by 'disinformation campaigns' Washington Examiner: House GOP ditching Democrats to pass spending bills, Luna reveals Washington Examiner: McCaul says Bovino 'crossed the line,' praises Trump for relieving him Washington Examiner: Slovak national security adviser resigns after Epstein texts revealed Washington Examiner: Europe seeks to reduce reliance on US for energy over Trump pressure on Greenland Washington Examiner: Trump faces flurry of immigration losses in Minnesota lower courts despite appeals court win Washington Examiner: Jeffries says 'dramatic reform' to DHS must precede vote to end shutdown Washington Examiner: Tom Rogan Analysis: Indications that Trump is about to bomb Iran Washington Examiner: Tom Rogan Opinion: The obvious risks of killing Ayatollah Khamenei outweigh the theoretical benefits Washington Examiner: Opinion: Trump should go for regime change in Iran Washington Examiner: Hugo Gurdon Opinion: Trump should stop Britain's 'stupidity' Wall Street Journal: Trump Faces High-Stakes Choice as Final Nuclear Pact with Russia Expires The Hill: US Warns Iran Against Conducting 'Unsafe' Military Drills Wall Street Journal: Before Any Strike on Iran, U.S. Needs to Bolster Air Defenses in Mideast Air & Space Forces Magazine: US Moves Airpower Toward Middle East as Trump Weighs Strike on Iran New York Times: Ukraine Can't Defend the Entire Front. Russia Is Finding the Gaps. AP: NATO's ability to deter Russia has taken a hit with trans-Atlantic infighting AP: Workers from Bangladesh sought jobs in Russia but instead got sent to combat in Ukraine The Economist: The West and Ukraine are capsizing Russia's shadow fleet AP: US Approves Major New Arms Sales to Israel Worth $6.67 Billion and to Saudi Arabia Worth $9 Billion Hudson Institute: Did Iran Drop a Dirty Bomb on US Forces? Daily Mail: Trump's 'new media' darlings who relished their Pentagon takeover now feel gagged by Pete Hegseth Air & Space Forces Magazine: Partial Government Shutdown Hits Pentagon Breaking Defense: Trump's Threats to Canadian Jets Raise Questions About a Key Customer: The Pentagon Defense News: 'Madness': Italy's Crosetto Slams British Secrecy on GCAP Fighter Jet New York Times: The Secret Egyptian Air Base Behind Sudan's Drone War The War Zone: MQ-25 Stingray Has Begun Taxi Tests Task & Purpose: US Starts $70 Million Upgrade to Kenyan Airfield Used in Somalia Operations Air & Space Forces Magazine: Space Force Activates NORTHCOM Component Amid Homeland Defense Shift Air Force Times: DOD Ordered to Study Mental Health Impacts Among Military Drone Pilots DefenseScoop: Pentagon Names 6 Appointees to Lead the CTO's Top Technology Efforts Air & Space Forces Magazine: Air Force Patent Holiday Offers Businesses Inventions For Free THE CALENDAR: MONDAY | FEBRUARY 2 | GROUNDHOG DAY 12 p.m. — Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft virtual book discussion: Retrench, Defend, Compete: A New U.S. Grand Strategy Toward China, with Charles Glaser, senior fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program; Michael Mazarr, senior political scientist at RAND; and Michael Swaine, senior research fellow, Quincy Institute East Asia Program RSVP 202-800-4662, media@quin 9 a.m. 1789 Massachusetts Ave. NW — American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research discussion: "What Future After the War? Opportunities for Ukraine Security, Democracy, and Prosperity," Former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Oh), AEI visiting fellow; and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna delivers keynote address https://www.aei.org/events/what-future-after-the-war TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 3 8:30 a.m. 1744 R St. NW — German Marshall Fund of the U.S. discussion: "Wired for Influence: Inside China Global Tech Playbook," with House Intelligence ranking member Jim Himes (D-CT); Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH); Lindsay Gorman, managing director and senior fellow, German Marshall Fund Technology; Sharinee Jagtiani, senior Culture Center officer at GMF Technology; and Dylan Welch, China technology analyst at GMF Technology https://www.gmfus.org/event/wired-influence-inside-chinas-global-tech-playbook 9:30 a.m. G-50 Dirksen — Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: "Strategic Competition in an Unconstrained, Post-New START Treaty Environment," with testimony from retired Adm. Charles Richard, former commander, U.S. Strategic Command and incoming CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses; Rose Gottemoeller, lecturer, Center for International Security and Cooperation and Hoover Institution research fellow at Stanford University; and Timothy Morrison, former deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior fellow, Hudson Institute http://www.armed-services.senate.gov 10 a.m. 310 Cannon — House Homeland Security Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee hearing: "Frontline Defenders: How the Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces Combat Narcoterrorists and other Maritime Threats on the High Seas" http://homeland.house.gov 10 a.m. — Atlantic Council virtual discussion: "One Month Without Maduro: On the Ground Perspectives," with Colette Capriles, professor at Simon Bolivar University; Carolina Alcaide, former Caracas correspondent at Voice of America; and Jason Marczak, senior director, Atlantic Council Latin America Center https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/one-month-without-maduro 10 a.m. Henry L. Stimson Center virtual discussion: "STARTing Over? Russo-American Arms Control at a Crossroads," with Rose Gottemoeller, lecturer at Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute and former undersecretary of State for arms control and international security; Anton Khlopkov, director, Center for Energy and Security Studies; Charles Oppenheimer, founder and co-executive director, Oppenheimer Project and CEO of Oppenheimer Energy; Scott Sagan, co-director and senior fellow, Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation and professor of political science at Stanford University; Peter Slezkine, senior fellow and director, Stimson Center Russia Program; Rachel Stohl, senior vice president of research programs at the Stimson Center and senior fellow and director, Stimson Center Conventional Defense Program; and Feodor Voitolovsky, director, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of World Economy and International Relations https://www.stimson.org/event/starting-over-russo-american-arms-control-at-a-crossroads/ 11 a.m. — Middle East Institute webinar: "Islamic Republic: On the Brink or Still Standing?" with Hamidreza Azizi, visiting fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs; Alex Vatanka, senior fellow, Middle East Institute; Nazee Moinian, associate fellow, Middle East Institute https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register 1 p.m. 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW — Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion: "Securing Critical Mineral Supply: A Government-Industry Dialogue," with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum; John Jovanovic, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S.; Tom Hardy, deputy director and COO of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency; Assistant Energy Secretary Audrey Robertson ; and -Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg https://www.csis.org/events/securing-critical-mineral-supply 2:30 p.m. 419 Dirksen — Senate Foreign Relations Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism Subcommittee hearing: "Countering Terrorism in North Africa: Opportunities and Challenges," with testimony from Robert Palladino, senior bureau official in the State Department Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; and retired Army Lt. Col. Joel Borkert, deputy coordinator for programs and military coordination at the State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism http://foreign.senate.gov 2:30 p.m. 360 Cannon — Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing: "Securing Syria Transformation by Diminishing Russia Influence," with Anna Borschevskaya, senior fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Michael Doran, senior fellow and director at the Hudson Institute Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East; and Richard Gutzen, nonresident senior fellow, Atlantic Council https://www.youtube.com/live/NR5BMLs5E7Q 3 p.m. — Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual discussion: "New START Expiration," with Heather Williams, director, CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues; Tom Karako, director, CSIS Missile Defense Project; and Kari Bingen, director, CSIS Aerospace Security Project https://www.csis.org/events/new-start-expiration 3 p.m. — Government Executive Media Group virtual discussion: "Integrating and Securing Operational Technology," with Jeffrey Sanders, program manager at the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Cyber Security Program Office; and Sean Appelgate, chief technology officer at Swish https://events.govexec.com/integrating-and-securing-operational-technology-ot/ 3 p.m. G-50 Dirksen — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); and House Oversight and Government Reform ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA) public forum on the tactics and use of force by agents of the Homeland Security Department, with testimony from Marimar Martinez, U.S. citizen and resident of Chicago, Ill., who was shot five times by Customs and Border Patrol agents; Aliya Rahman, U.S. citizen and resident of Minneapolis, Minn.; Martin Daniel Rascon, U.S. citizen and resident of San Bernardino, Calif.; Antonio Romanucci, attorney representing the family of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a U.S. citizen and resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Seth Stoughton, former police officer and professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and faculty director, Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program https://www.facebook.com/SenBlumenthal 6 p.m. 58 East 68th Street, New York, N.Y. — Council on Foreign Relations discussion: "Open to Debate: Should the United States Annex Greenland?" with Alexander Gray, American Foreign Policy Council senior fellow; Max Boot, CFR senior fellow for national security studies; Michael Pillsbury, senior adviser to the Heritage Foundation president's office; and Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow https://www.cfr.org/event? 6 p.m. — Government Executive Media Group virtual discussion: "Integrating and Securing Operational Technology," with Jeffrey Sanders, program manager at the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Cyber Security Program Office; and Sean Appelgate, chief technology officer at Swish https://events.govexec.com/integrating-and-securing-operational-technology-ot/ WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 4 9:30 a.m. — Atlantic Council virtual discussion: "Security Beyond Defense: Central Europe Role in the Transatlantic Economy," with Polish Undersecretary of State for Economic Development and Technology Michal Baranowski; former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, president and CEO, Brzezinski Global Strategies; and Marta Pawlak, legal and public policy director at the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/central-europe-week-2026-facing-a-new-strategic-reality 10 a.m. — Foundation for Defense of Democracies virtual discussion: "Reimagining Mediterranean Security with Greek Minister for National Defense Nikos Dendias," with FDD Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer https://www.fdd.org/events/2026/02/03/reimagining-mediterranean-security 2 p.m. — Center for American Progress Zoom discussion: "A Plan to Rein in the Department of Homeland Security," with Greta Bedekovics, CAP director of democracy; Debu Gandhi, CAP senior director, immigration policy: Dan Herman, CAP senior director, national security, accountability, and reform; and Allie Preston, CAP senior policy analyst, criminal justice reform https://rsvp2.americanprogress.org/reiningindhs/email1 2:30 p.m. 419 Dirksen — Senate Foreign Relations Europe and Regional Security Cooperation Subcommittee hearing: "A Pathway to European Energy Security," with testimony from Geoffrey Pyatt, senior managing director for energy and critical minerals, McLarty Associates and fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center.; and Dan Byers, vice president of policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute, Washington, D.C. http://foreign.senate.gov THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 5 9 a.m. — Atlantic Council virtual discussion: "A New Strategic Reality for the Transatlantic Relationship," with former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, vice chair, Atlantic Council Center for Strategy and Security; former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council fellow; Paul McCarthy, senior research fellow for European affairs at the Heritage Foundation Center for Freedom; and former U.S. Ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman, chairman of the board of Alianta https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/central-europe-week-2026 10:30 a.m. — Atlantic Council virtual discussion: "The Shattered Axis: Venezuela, Iran, and the Future of the China-Russia Alliance," as part of "Central Europe Week 2026: Facing a New Strategic Reality," with Kaush Arha, president of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Forum, James Carafano, Heritage Foundation fellow; and Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council senior fellow https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/central-europe-week-2026 1 p.m. — Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies virtual discussion: "Military Law in Practice: Perspectives from Former General Counsels," with Paul Ney, national security lawyer at the Executive Office of the President and former general counsel of the Defense Department; Robert Sander, founding partner, Sander Group, PLLC, former general counsel of the Navy Department, former acting general counsel of the Army; and Army Col. Toby Curto https://fedsoc.org/events/military-law-in-practice 1:30 p.m. 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussion: "Bluff or Death? How to Assess Nuclear Threats," with Jon Finer, senior fellow, Yale Law School Leadership Program; and George Perkovich, CEIP senior fellow https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/01/bluff-or-death 4 p.m. 37th and O Sts. NW — Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Security Studies Program book discussion: Bend But Do Not Break: Shaping the Future of the All-Volunteer Force, with editor Jaron Wharton; editor Katherine Kuzminski, professor at the Security Studies Program; Max Margulies, non-resident affiliate at Georgetown Center for Security Studies; and editor Jason Dempsey https://events.georgetown.edu/sfs/event/36506-bend-but-do-not-break 6: 30 p.m. — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace virtual discussion: "The Future of Nuclear Proliferation," with former Deputy NATO Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller, nonresident senior fellow, CEIP Nuclear Policy Program; Scott Sagan, co-director of Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation; Toby Dalton, co-director, CEIP Nuclear Policy Program; and Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, CEIP president https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/01/the-future-of-nuclear-proliferation FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 6 11 a.m. 1400 L St. NW — Atlantic Council discussion: "How Moscow Manufactured the Myth of Putin Inevitable Victory," with Ruslan Stefanchuk, chairman, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada; Julia Davis, founder, Russian Media Monitor; retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies; and Casey Michel, director, Human Rights Foundation Combating Kleptocracy Program https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/how-moscow-manufactured-the-myth TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 10 10 a.m. 310 Cannon — House Homeland Security Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS," with testimony from Todd Lyons, senior official performing the duties of the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Rodney Scott, commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and Joseph Edlow, director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://homeland.house.gov WEDNESDAY | FEBRUARY 11 3 p.m. 222 Russell — Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee hearing: "Senior Enlisted Leaders on Servicemember and Family Quality of Life," with testimony from Fleet Master Chief David Isom, senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Weimer; Master Chief Petty Officer John Perryman; Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz; Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Wolfe; and Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna http://www.armed-services.senate.gov THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 12 Brussels, Belgium — United Kingdom and Germany convene the Ukraine Defence Contact Group meet at NATO Headquarters, followed by a meeting of NATO defense ministers https://www.nato.int/en/news-and-events/events/media-advisories FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 13 Munich, Germany — The 62nd Munich Security Conference at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof and Rosewood Munich, with nearly 50 heads of state and government attending. The conference runs through Sunday, February 15 https://securityconference.org/en/msc-2026/ | | | | "We're not going to invade Greenland. We're going to buy it," he said. "It's never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd," quipped Trump. "It's a roast. It's a comedy night." | | President Donald Trump joking at the annual Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night. |
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