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2023-12-29 01:01 United Daily News reporter Zhang Wenxin/Washington report The Biden administration announced the latest wave of military assistance to Ukraine on the 27th, which is also the last wave before the end of the year, marking that the United States has exhausted…
The Biden administration announced the latest wave of military aid to Ukraine on the 27th. This is the last wave before the end of the year. It also marks that the United States has exhausted its aid budget to Ukraine and must wait for Congress to pass an additional budget before it can maintain aid to Ukraine; Congress Lawmakers continued to negotiate the border security bill during the holidays, hoping to unblock the Ukraine aid budget.
The White House announced last week that there will be a final disbursement of aid to Ukraine before the end of the year. The White House Budget Office pointed out that the aid budget authorized by Congress to provide Ukraine with executive departments will be exhausted by the end of this year. The executive branch must seek the consent of Congress to avoid running out of aid to Ukraine. .
The Biden administration announced on the 27th that it would provide Ukraine with a total of US$250 million in additional ammunition including air defense systems and Haimas. Since the Russia-Ukraine war broke out in February last year, the United States has provided more than US$46 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Ukraine.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that U.S. assistance is crucial for Ukraine’s allies to defend their country and freedom and resist Russian aggression; the alliance of more than 50 countries continues to provide critical support to Ukraine, and the top priority is for Congress to take action as soon as possible. Advance U.S. national security interests by helping Ukraine defend itself and its future.
In October, the Biden administration proposed a $106 billion supplementary foreign aid budget, planning to provide $61.4 billion to Ukraine, $14.3 billion to Israel, $915 million in humanitarian aid, and $7.4 billion to Taiwan and the Pacific. , and border funds of 13.6 billion.
Republicans asked the Biden administration to tighten border and immigration policies. Lawmakers from both parties worked overtime to negotiate before the Christmas holiday recess, hoping to deal with immigration policies first in exchange for Republican support for the Ukraine aid budget. However, they finally broke through.
The Senate has been on recess since last week, and lawmakers will not return to Washington until after the 8th of next month. The American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on the 27th that senators continued to hold remote conversations during the recess to negotiate the border security bill.
ABC reported that off-the-table negotiations have been held for several weeks by Democratic Senator Murphy, Republican Senator Lanford and independent Senator Sinama; the senators stated that the goal is to establish a more orderly and efficient asylum system. , reduce border chaos.
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