The White House is requesting approximately $40 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine and add additional money to the federal disaster relief budget, Politico reported Thursday. The emergency funding request includes
MoreAvril Haines, director of national intelligence and a two-time Wash100 awardee, called the Russia-Ukraine war a “grinding conflict” that will require Western allies to continue to provide Kyiv with security assistance for it
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The House on Thursday voted 350-80 to pass the compromise version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, moving the $858 billion defense policy bill to the upper chamber for
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The Department of Defense announced that the Biden administration authorized an additional $800 million in security assistance to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian invasion. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Wednesday
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The U.S. has supplied Sikorsky-built Black Hawk helicopters to Jordan in support of efforts to reinforce border defenses and conduct cross-border operations against Islamic State militant group forces, Reuters reported Monday. The report
MoreThe U.S. government has offered $120 million in military aid to help increase Lebanon’s capacity to perform counterterrorism and border security efforts. Gen. Joseph Votel, chief of the U.S. Central Command, unveiled three
MoreThe U.S. government has pledged $38 billion in foreign military financing and missile defense assistance to the government of Israel under a memorandum of understanding that seeks to support Israel’s efforts to update its
MoreThe U.S. government will sign a 10-year pact in the coming days to provide an estimated $38 billion in military aid to the government of Israel, Reuters reported Tuesday. Matt Spetalnick and
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters in Kabul that the U.S. will continue its financial support for Afghanistan’s security forces as well as retain U.S. military presence in the country through 2017, DoD News reported Wednesday.
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The U.S. government will grant approximately $120 million in military aid to the Philippines in 2016 at the largest amount of support in approximately 15 years , Reuters reported Friday. Manuel Mogato writes Jose
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