President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of US troops who “dared all and gave all” fighting for their country and called on Americans to ensure their “sacrifice was not in vain” in Memorial Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery.
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As it stands, the agreement would keep nondefense spending roughly flat in the 2024 fiscal year and increase it by 1% the following year. The measure would allow for 3% defense growth that year, to $886 billion, and then 1% the next year, to $895 billion. The war in Afghanistan, however, ended in chaotic and deadly fashion on Biden’s watch in August 2021 with critics assailing the administration’s handling of the evacuation of some 120,000 American citizens, Afghans and others as poorly planned and badly executed.
While making clear that he has no desire for US troops to enter the conflict, Biden has maintained that he sees the Russian effort to grab territory as an affront to international norms and has vowed to help Kyiv win, sending artillery, tanks and drones and recently agreeing to allow allies to train Ukrainian military on American F-16 jets.
During the Arlington ceremony, Biden also spoke of the need to care for US service members on and off the battlefield.
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