Republicans Calling for More Oversight on Ukraine Spending Amid Growing Scrutiny

The proposed $874.2 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget that the House Armed Services Committee will begin vetting June 21 provides $80 million in military assistance for Ukraine but closes out further funding for Kyiv for the current fiscal year that ends Oct. 1. Since the February 2022 Russian invasion, the United States has authorized more than $100 billion in assistance for Ukraine, according to the U.S. State Department, including $40 billion in military gear and munitions. That figure presumably includes $2.1 billion in “security assistance” announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on June 9 and a $325 million tranche released by the Pentagon on June 13, the same day six House Armed Services Committee subcommittees swiftly and unanimously approved their components of the FY24 national defense budget....

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