U.S. could decide this week whether to send cluster munitions to Ukraine
Cluster munitions carry dozens of smaller bomblets that disperse when detonated and have been banned by more than 100 countries.
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Eleanor Watson is a CBS News multi-platform reporter and producer covering the Pentagon. Before her role on the national security team, she worked in the CBS News political unit covering the 2020 presidential election. She is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas. She went to Groton School and The George Washington University before starting at CBS News as an intern.
Cluster munitions carry dozens of smaller bomblets that disperse when detonated and have been banned by more than 100 countries.
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