Biden confirms he’s seeking 4X more for Ukraine than Israel in joint requestNY Post, Oct 20, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s staff confirmed Friday that he is asking Congress for much greater aid to Ukraine by hitching it to a smaller and more popular spending request for Israel after Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,400 people in a surprise attack this month.
Biden on Thursday night used his second primetime Oval Office address since taking office to urge passage of the combined package, which the White House confirmed Friday morning would be $14.3 billion for Israel — just a quarter of the $61.4 billion he’s seeking for Ukraine.
Another $30.1 billion would go to various other projects, bringing the total to nearly $106 billion.
The smaller requests include $9.15 billion in humanitarian aid, of which Biden’s aides said a yet-to-be-determined amount would go to aid Palestinian civilians affected by Israel’s expected invasion of Gaza, where about 200 hostages including some Americans remain held by Hamas
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