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https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2024/7/senator-wicker-statement-on-final-removal-of-gaza-pier	Senator Wicker Statement on Final Removal of Gaza Pier	2024-07-17	2024	2024-07	Republican	Senate	MS	Roger F. Wicker	W000437	www.wicker.senate.gov	wicker	https://www.wicker.senate.gov/press-releases	scraper	WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in response to the Department of Defense’s announcement that the U.S.-made pier constructed to deliver aid into Gaza has been permanently removed: “This chapter might be over in President Biden’s mind, but the national embarrassment that this project has caused is not. The only miracle is that this doomed-from-the-start operation did not cost any American lives,” Senator Wicker said. “I have been calling for an end to this election-year gimmick since its primetime inception at the State of the Union. While I am glad it has finally concluded, we cannot buy back the $230 million needlessly spent, and significant questions remain about the Biden administration’s poor planning for this mission.” Senator Wicker also presented the following facts about the pier: It took roughly double the amount of time to transport the pier than for the duration when the pier was actually in use. The $230M used to deploy the pier could have instead been used to purchase more than 1,200 Coyote counter-drone interceptors to keep U.S. troops safe in Iraq and Syria. Below is an accounting of Senator Wicker’s actions related to the pier:	1	2026-03-30T01:40:41Z	2026-04-06T18:32:29Z