{"id":31844,"date":"2025-03-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/03\/trump-speech-to-congress-expected-to-key-on-ukraine-national-security\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:11:35","slug":"trump-speech-to-congress-expected-to-key-on-ukraine-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2025\/03\/03\/trump-speech-to-congress-expected-to-key-on-ukraine-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump speech to Congress expected to key on Ukraine, national security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/25\/iron-dome-for-america-gets-a-golden-makeover\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump<\/a> will deliver a national address before Congress this week that is expected to touch on a number of key national security issues, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/02\/21\/lawmakers-warn-hegseth-against-political-firings-of-generals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon reforms <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/02\/24\/trump-expresses-russia-ukraine-war-nearing-end-as-he-meets-with-macron\/\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing war in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speech \u2014 which is not officially a State of the Union address, but has the same goals \u2014 is scheduled for 9 p.m. on Tuesday. 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