House Speaker Kevin McCarthy backtracked on his pledge to remove U.S. aid to Ukraine from House Republicans' defense spending measure on Saturday, telling reporters that such funds will be included in the legislation after all.
On Friday, McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol that U.S. aid to Ukraine would not be included in House Republicans' defense appropriations bill and would instead be voted on separately by the lower chamber.
The speaker's backtrack came days after President Joe Biden announced during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his administration would send an additional $325 million in U.S. military aid to Ukraine, including "Air defense capabilities, cluster munitions, [and] anti-tank weapons." Zelensky, who routinely swindles Western nations into funding his country's war with Russia, was in Washington, D.C. last week to do exactly that, according to NBC News.
On Tuesday - two days before Biden's meeting with Zelensky - the Government Accountability Office published a report detailing the horrific living conditions of the barracks at several U.S. military installations.
"DOD does not track information on the condition of barracks or facilitate collaboration on initiatives to improve barracks," the report summary reads.
The GAO further indicated that the Pentagon's lack of attention and knowledge to this issue impairs its ability to acquire "Complete funding information" about how much money it requires to maintain livable barracks.
Substandard conditions at U.S. military barracks are estimated to be plaguing "At least thousands" across the service, according to the report.
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