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US has asked Musk to change Starlink services in Ukraine, Middle East for years, fears misuse
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- The Biden-era and Trump requests to Musk show a close relationship in which US administrations rely to an unprecedented degree on a private-sector company to help implement foreign policy.S1
- The Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries.S2
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US has asked Musk to change Starlink services in Ukraine, Middle East for years, fears misuse
The Biden-era and Trump requests to Musk show a close relationship in which US administrations rely to an unprecedented degree on a private-sector company to help implement foreign…
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U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
The Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries.
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What to know
- The Biden-era and Trump requests to Musk show a close relationship in which US administrations rely to an unprecedented degree on a private-sector company to help implement foreign policy.S1
- The Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn its Starlink service on or off in various countries.S2
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Sources · 2 citations
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