WASHINGTON - The military assistance package for Ukraine that’s at the centre of the impeachment inquiry started as a mere line item in a massive spending bill. At issue was a $250 million installment of military aid approved last fall and an additional $141 million in State Department assistance. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...With the military assistance still on hold in the later summer, alarm bells soon began clanging on Capitol Hill. “He called up: ‘Please let the money go.’ I said ‘Rob, I hate being the country that’s always giving money,’” Trump said. Mulvaney acknowledged last week that Trump’s decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine was linked to his demand that Ukraine investigate the Democratic National Committee and the 2016 U.S. campaign.

Source: thestar October 23, 2019 17:33 UTC