{"id":2001366,"date":"2023-08-15T14:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T18:40:10","slug":"biden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden sends $200M to Ukraine as US soldiers face hunger."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u200c Biden administration announced on Monday \u200dit is preparing to send $200 \u2063million in military\u2063 aid to Ukraine to help the eastern European nation amid its ongoing conflict with \u200cRussia. \u200bThe \u2062new aid \u2063package comes \u2064amid Americans&#8217; \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/07\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing opposition<\/a> to continually shipping\u200d U.S. dollars\u200d to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/additional-u-s-security-assistance-for-ukraine-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press statement<\/a> from Secretary \u2064of State Antony Blinken, the $200 \u2064million in U.S. aid\u2062 will include \u2063&#8221;air\u2062 defense munitions, artillery rounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-announces-new-300m-military-aid-package-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden admin to give Ukraine 0M in military aid.\">anti-armor capabilities<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ships-200-million-to-ukraine-while-american-soldiers-go-hungry\/\" title=\"Biden sends 0M to Ukraine as US soldiers face hunger.\">additional mine-clearing equipment<\/a>.&#8221; The\u2064 announcement came days after the \u2064White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/aug\/10\/biden-white-house-congress-ukraine-aid-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked<\/a> \u200cCongress\u2063 to authorize an\u200c additional $24 billion in aid \u2063to Ukraine, which comes on top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$113 billion<\/a> already committed by the\u200b U.S. \u200dlast year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day,\u2063 Russia is killing \u200cUkrainian civilians and\u2062 destroying \u200bcivil infrastructure, while also weaponizing hunger and contributing to global food insecurity \u200cthrough its destruction of Ukraine&#8217;s civilian ports and grain infrastructure,&#8221; Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s remarkable how the \u200dBiden administration is \u200cterribly\u200b concerned about &#8220;hunger&#8221; and &#8220;food insecurity&#8221;\u200d among Ukrainians but not \u2064their own \u200dcountry&#8217;s soldiers. Last week, Military.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2023\/08\/08\/fort-cavazos-soldiers-have-been-without-proper-access-food-months.html?ESRC=eb_230809.nl&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=eb&#038;utm_campaign=20230809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> \u2064 that one of the U.S. Army&#8217;s largest bases, Fort \u200bCavazos \u2014\u2064 formerly\u2064 known as Fort Hood \u2014 \u200dhas &#8220;been barely\u2063 able to keep its food services \u2062up and running for months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u200d report, the Texas base &#8220;had\u2063 only\u200b two of its 10 major dining options open every day for much of the summer, with three others open only during\u200c limited times.&#8221; The primary cause of such issues\u2063 is that the base&#8217;s \u200bdining facilities don&#8217;t &#8220;hav[e] enough Army cooks to run them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the closures of dining facilities led many service members &#8220;to drive long distances across base, sometimes an hour round trip for their \u200cmeals,&#8221; some were left out to fend for themselves, as &#8220;not all junior\u200c soldiers have vehicles, \u2064and the\u200b base provides \u200donly a limited shuttle service, with\u2064 none dedicated to dining facilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/10\/while-you-pinch-inflated-pennies-congress-sent-900-of-your-household-income-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">While You Pinch Inflated Pennies, Congress Sent $900 Of Your Household\u200c Income\u2062 To Ukraine<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Congress and the Biden administration \u200dinsist on shipping billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine \u2063with virtually no oversight, the majority of Americans \u2064ardently oppose such a policy. A \u2062recent <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/07\/poll-majority-of-americans-oppose-biden-mcconnell-spending-binge-on-ukraine-proxy-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN\u2063 poll<\/a> found\u200c that 55\u200d percent of Americans believe Congress \u200b&#8221;should not\u2062 authorize additional funding to \u200bsupport Ukraine \u2062vs. 45% who say Congress should\u2063 authorize such funding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-77-percent-of-americans-believe-bidenflation-is-impacting-their-holiday-season\/\" title=\"Poll: 77 Percent of Americans Believe Bidenflation is Impacting Their Holiday Season\u00a0\u00a0\">poll additionally found<\/a> a slight \u2063majority (51 percent) \u200dwho \u200dagreed the\u200c U.S. &#8220;has\u200d already done enough&#8221; to help Ukraine in \u2064its effort to repel Russia&#8217;s invasion. The statistic\u200d is a noticeable change \u200bfrom February 2022, when 62 percent\u200c believed America should have\u2062 &#8220;been doing more&#8221; to help Ukraine.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff \u200dwriter \u200bfor The Federalist\u200c and a graduate of the \u2063University of Mary \u2063Washington.\u2064 He \u2063previously served\u2062 as a \u200dstate content writer for Convention of States \u2063Action and\u2063 his work has been \u2062featured \u200bin numerous\u200b outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him\u2064 on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration plans to provide $200 million in military aid to Ukraine, supporting the nation in its conflict with Russia. However, this aid package faces growing opposition from Americans who question the continuous flow of U.S. funds to Ukraine. Secretary of State&#8217;s press statement confirms the announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2001367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}