Global Politics Report Editorial
GOP Rep. Fitzpatrick vows to hold any US officials who limited Starshield ‘fully accountable’
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Monday revealed that he would be speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about his country’s loss of access to Starshield, the military version of SpaceX’s Starlink internet, vowing to hold any U.S. officials who limited the application “fully accountable.” In a post to social media, Fitzpatrick said he would speak…
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Source: The Hill
Politics desk: Foreign Policy
Published: Oct. 19, 2026 at 06:45 PM ET
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Original source: The Hill