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Biden Sends Supplemental Request To Congress To Aid Ukraine

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 10th, 2023

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Biden Sends Supplemental Request To Congress To Aid Ukraine

President Joe Biden. White House photo

President Biden on Thursday sent Congress a supplemental budget request that would provide funding to continue arming Ukrainian forces and help replenish Defense Department weapons stocks. The supplemental is also targeted at beefing up U.S. disaster relief funding and combating the smuggling of the synthetic opioid fentanyl into the U.S. The largest portion of the request as it pertains to Ukraine is for $9.9 billion in DoD wide operations and maintenance funding for various expenses. This includes $5 billion under…

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