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Biden Announces $2.5 Billion in Security Aid to Ukraine
The New York Times ^ | Dec. 30, 2024, 9:53 a.m. ET | Helene Cooper

Posted on 12/30/2024 9:45:50 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The United States is sending nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, as the Biden administration continues to rush military aid to Kyiv in the weeks before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.

The aid will include air defense, artillery and other critical weapons systems, President Biden said in a statement on Monday morning.

“I’ve directed my administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible,” he said, “including drawing down older U.S. equipment for Ukraine, rapidly delivering it to the battlefield and then revitalizing the U.S. defense industrial base to modernize and replenish our stockpiles with new weapons.”

The package includes $1.25 billion from existing Pentagon stockpiles. An additional $1.22 billion will come from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a program that allows military equipment to be procured from the defense industry or partners and sent to Ukraine.

Separately, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in a statement on Monday that the administration had released $3.4 billion in additional budget aid to Ukraine. The support, which is provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, “marks the final disbursement of funds appropriated under the bipartisan Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024,” the Treasury statement said. “Our direct budget support continues to be conditioned on reforms related to strengthening law enforcement, improving transparency and efficiency of government institutions, and bolstering anticorruption rules and procedures.”

The additional support comes amid concerns in Ukraine that the Trump administration could cut off military aid to the country. Mr. Trump has vowed to end the war there quickly, though he has not said how. But Vice President-elect JD Vance has outlined a plan that would allow Russia to keep the Ukrainian territory it has seized.


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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: americalast; bidencrimewave; fjb; killkillkillforpeace; letsgobrandon; mic; muga; ukraine; welfarewar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No money for Americans

Plenty of money for World War III

America Last

Americans Last


21 posted on 12/30/2024 10:45:39 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Yep


22 posted on 12/30/2024 10:46:19 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: lurk

Crystal City is rejoicing......


23 posted on 12/30/2024 10:47:16 AM PST by blackberry1
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To: blackberry1

Crystal City, Virginia, is indeed a hub for the defense industry. Its proximity to Washington, D.C. and the Pentagon has made it an attractive location for defense contractors, government agencies, and related businesses.
Some notable defense industry companies with a presence in Crystal City include:
Boeing
Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon Technologies
Crystal City is also home to several government agencies, including:
The Department of Defense (DoD)
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
The area’s high concentration of defense industry companies and government agencies has earned it the nickname “Defense Alley.”


24 posted on 12/30/2024 10:49:04 AM PST by blackberry1
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To: SaveFerris

Yep !!!


25 posted on 12/30/2024 10:49:22 AM PST by ANKE69 (✌️🇺🇲 Let's MAGA)
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Another 3.4 billion from Yellen? Is that 6 billion in two days or is this part of another package?

US disburses $3.4 billion in budget aid for Ukraine, Yellen says
26 posted on 12/30/2024 11:03:35 AM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden Announces $2.5 Billion in Security Aid to Ukraine.

But no numbers of all those who died for his war.


27 posted on 12/30/2024 12:06:25 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Didn’t hear about him rushing to get newly appropriated aid for natural disaster relief to devastated areas along the East Coast.

Remember when the MSM blamed Bush Jr. for the slow response to New Orleans flooding? I’m pretty sure they were saying his response was racist before the storm had passed.


28 posted on 12/30/2024 12:31:07 PM PST by unlearner (Still not tired of winning.)
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To: unlearner

Where is this criminal bum getting this money? He still hasn’t helped US Citizens living in North Carolina! How pathetically uncaring and criminal.


29 posted on 12/30/2024 3:10:42 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: lurk

“Joe’s not making these deals. His handlers are doing it all.”
Yes, I wonder who signed this order, Lindsay Graham, or Mitch McConnell?


30 posted on 12/30/2024 3:37:13 PM PST by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: SaveFerris

Maybe you know, where does Biden constantly come up with a billion here and several billion there? How does he have this kind of discretionary funds???


31 posted on 12/30/2024 7:34:41 PM PST by BigB60 (C. S. Lewis loves hobbits)
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To: BigB60

I know - it’s insanity - but he can’t find money for American victims

From 2022:

Kamala Harris ripped for claiming government hurricane aid will prioritize ‘communities of color’ Twitter hammered Vice President Kamala for a recent speech in which she described that federal Hurricane Ian relief would be based on “equity” and prioritize people in “communities of color.”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4268207/posts


32 posted on 12/30/2024 8:22:32 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: BigB60
Always money for Ukraine, never money for Americans in disaster - that's the Democrats

Democrat Joe Biden and Democrat Kamala Harris DO NOT care about America, Americans nor America's Borders.




33 posted on 12/30/2024 8:26:57 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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