White House request comes as House struggles to elect speaker
President Joe Biden on Friday asked Congress for about $14 billion to support Israel as it battles Hamas, and requested more than $61 billion to aid Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia.
See: House speaker election: Jordan aims for third round of voting today and sounds ready for ‘multiple rounds’ this weekend Biden is asking for $10.6 billion in air and missile-defense support and other items for Israel, as well as $3.7 billion in other military support. The Ukraine aid is largely for replenishing U.S. military stocks, but is also for other military, intelligence and other defense support.
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