The White House warned Monday that the U.S. only has enough money to meet Ukraine's 'urgent battlefield needs' in the short term.
The White House warned Monday that the U.S. has only enough money to meet Ukraine's "urgent battlefield needs" in the short term, after Congress left additional funding for Ukraine out of a short-term measure to fund the U.S. government.
About $5.4 billion of the funding is set aside to provide to provide weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine from existing American stocks, the officials said. That money resulted from an accounting error the Pentagon said it fixed earlier this year, an official said. The Pentagon has in recent days warned that money is running low -- and that Congress's fight over aid had impacted the U.S. military, too.
His administration had asked for $24 billion more for Ukraine to cover the last three months of the calendar year. When Republicans signaled they would agree to extend government funding for just 45 more days - which Congress ultimately did -- the White House said it needed $6 billion for that month-and-a-half.
McCarthy on Monday denied that he cut a deal with Biden to hold a vote on Ukraine aid, but rather said he promised White House officials could meet with congressional staff to discuss the president's request for more aid for Ukraine.
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