Pentagon inspector general declines to open Starlink investigation

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The War Department Office of Inspector General has declined a request from members of Congress to open an investigation into this month’s controversial slowdown of SpaceX platforms used by Ukraine.

The decision comes about two weeks after a bipartisan group of senators urged the inspector general to investigate which U.S. officials were responsible for slowdowns in Ukraine’s Starlink and Starshield services, which reduced the nation’s defensive capabilities amid Russian attacks.

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