Biden has asked Congress for a $110 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine ($61.4 billion) and Israel, along with other national security priorities. Blinken noted that Biden has said he is willing to make significant compromises to get the aid package moving. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said there is bipartisan agreement that something has to be done to address record numbers of migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. I just saw the president of the United States say that we’ve got to secure the border. “My own view is that it’s very much in America’s interest to see Ukraine successful and to provide the weapons that Ukraine needs to defend itself.

Source: Huffington Post December 11, 2023 02:53 UTC