{"id":2053855,"date":"2023-10-03T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-congress-clothe-our-marines-instead-of-financing-ukraines-forever-war\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:06:47","slug":"is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-congress-clothe-our-marines-instead-of-financing-ukraines-forever-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-congress-clothe-our-marines-instead-of-financing-ukraines-forever-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Congress prioritize clothing our Marines over funding Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fis-it-too-much-to-ask-that-congress-clothe-our-marines-instead-of-financing-ukraines-forever-war%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=2053855&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><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now that\u2063 Congress \u2063has funded the federal government for the next month and a half, the White House \u2062and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hard at work looking for ways to pour more U.S. taxpayer\u2062 money into Ukraine\u2019s forever war\u200d with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2064 a White House \u2063press briefing on Monday, Press\u2062 Secretary Karine\u200d Jean-Pierre\u2062 fretted that the administration is running out of the money needed to \u200cbankroll its continuing \u2064proxy war with\u200c Moscow. Government officials estimate there \u200dis approximately\u200b $6 billion remaining\u200d in military funds for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is enough\u2062 to \u2014 for us\u200b to meet \u200cthe \u2014 meet Ukraine\u2019s urgent battlefield needs for a bit \u2014 \u200dfor a bit longer,\u201d Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-warns-ukraine-funding-urgent-battlefield\/story?id=103665808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Even though a <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\">majority<\/a> of Americans oppose continued\u200c U.S.\u2062 funding for Ukraine,\u200c congressional Democrats spent \u200da \u200bsignificant portion of this past \u2063weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/party-infighting-over-spending-bill-derails-democrats-weekend-plans-this-retreat-is-cursed\/\" title=\"Party Infighting over Spending Bill Derails Democrats\u2019 Weekend Plans: \u2018This Retreat Is Cursed\u2019\">spending fight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/02\/despite-growing-opposition-and-serious-problems-at-home-democrats-make-ukraine-funding-their-top-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arguing<\/a> that more aid be shipped to the Eastern European nation. It\u200b was thanks to House Republicans and a \u200chandful of GOP senators that\u200c Congress ultimately approved a 45-day\u2064 continuing resolution devoid of such \u200bfunding.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this hasn\u2019t\u200b stopped President Joe \u2064Biden or congressional leadership from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/02\/despite-growing-opposition-and-serious-problems-at-home-democrats-make-ukraine-funding-their-top-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">professing<\/a> their\u200d support for shipping more U.S. tax dollars to Ukraine. While discussing the \u200cspending fight, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/02\/politics\/joe-biden-kevin-mccarthy-ukraine-funding\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> \u2062he\u2019d reached an agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to\u200b continue funding the\u2063 conflict. Despite pushing back on the\u200d president\u2019s \u200cinsinuation that a deal had been made, McCarthy did proclaim to reporters on\u200c Monday that he\u2019s \u201calways \u2063supported arming Ukraine\u201d\u200b and \u201cbelieve[s] Ukraine is\u2064 very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congress and the Biden administration committed more than \u200d$113\u2064 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Ukraine in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/congress-approved-113-billion-aid-ukraine-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to\u200b the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200cwhile Washington overzealously focuses on Ukraine\u2019s military,\u2064 concerns affecting America\u2019s own armed forces have gone by the wayside. On Thursday, the U.S. Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CxwEQO4LJiu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> it \u200bis lowering its uniform standards to compensate\u200d for a shortage of camouflage attire typically worn by service\u200b members. According to Commandant Gen. Eric Smith,\u2062 local battalions\u2062 are \u201cauthorized\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-it-too-much-to-ask-that-congress-clothe-our-marines-instead-of-financing-ukraines-forever-war\/\" title=\"Can Congress prioritize clothing our Marines over funding Ukraine's ongoing war?\">wear alternate attire contrary<\/a> to Marine regulations to \u201cmitigate\u201d an ongoing manufacturing shortfall\u200d that\u2019s left service members struggling to acquire woodland-patterned \u201ccammies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we cannot have\u200d is a situation where a Marine is wearing unserviceable cammies, because that looks bad for the \u200dCorps, and we can\u2019t\u200d have a situation\u200b where that Marine is\u2063 being \u200dgiven a hard time \u2064about those unserviceable cammies. We\u2019re\u200d going to get this fixed, Marines, \u200cbut it\u2019s going to take a\u200c little patience,\u201d Smith said, adding that \u200dthe problem won\u2019t\u2064 be fixed until the fall of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2063to the \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/09\/29\/camouflage-uniform-shortage-prompts-marine-corps-to-soften-attire-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marine Corps Times<\/a>, service members \u200dnormally receive\u2063 \u201cthree sets of woodland cammies and two\u2063 sets\u2062 of desert cammies.\u201d Due to the ongoing shortage, however, \u2064the service has been providing Marines \u201ctwo woodland sets and one desert set.\u201d Meanwhile, new enlistees have reportedly been forced to undergo \u201centry-level training in flame-resistant organizational\u2062 gear,\u201d which are \u201ctypically reserved for deployments,\u201d to compensate\u200b for the\u200c shortages.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and \u200da graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously \u2062served as\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work\u200b has\u2063 been featured in numerous \u2062outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. \u200bFollow \u200bhim 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<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cWhy\u2063 are congressional Democrats\u2064 advocating\u200b for more aid to be sent to Ukraine despite opposition from \u2062the majority of Americans?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  U.S. Funding for\u200b Ukraine&#8217;s Forever War: A Concerning Allocation of Taxpayer Money<\/p>\n<p>After Congress recently \u2063funded the federal government for the next month and a half, attention has turned towards a \u2064troubling issue &#8211; the\u200b allocation of more U.S.\u2062 taxpayer funds into\u200b Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing conflict with Russia. Both the\u2062 White House and lawmakers\u200d on Capitol Hill\u200b have\u2062 been actively seeking \u200dways\u200b to increase spending in \u2063what some view \u2064as an unending proxy \u2062war.<\/p>\n<p>During a White House press briefing on Monday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed concern that the administration is running out \u2062of the \u200dmoney needed to \u2064sustain its engagement with Moscow. \u200bIt is \u2063estimated that there is approximately \u2064$6\u2062 billion remaining in military funds for Ukraine, \u200dwhich Jean-Pierre states is enough to\u200b meet Ukraine&#8217;s urgent\u200d battlefield needs for a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the majority of Americans opposing continued U.S. funding for Ukraine,\u2064 congressional Democrats have spent a significant portion of\u2063 the\u2064 recent spending fight advocating for more aid to be sent \u200cto the Eastern\u2064 European nation. Only due to the efforts of House Republicans and a handful of GOP senators did Congress ultimately \u200capprove a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-push-45-day-continuing-resolution-on-floor-that-excludes-ukraine-funding\/\" title=\"House to propose 45-day continuing resolution without Ukraine funding.\">45-day continuing resolution<\/a> without such funding.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, President Joe Biden \u2063and congressional leadership have not \u200cwavered in their support for sending more U.S. tax \u2064dollars to Ukraine. Biden suggested he had\u200c reached an agreement with House Speaker Kevin\u2064 McCarthy to continue funding the\u200d conflict, although McCarthy pushed back on this claim. Regardless, McCarthy reiterated his support for arming Ukraine and emphasized \u200dthe nation&#8217;s importance.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022,\u200b Congress \u2063and the Biden administration committed over $113 billion in U.S.\u2062 taxpayer dollars to Ukraine, according to\u200b the Committee for a Responsible Federal\u200d Budget. This massive\u2062 allocation of funds raises concerns\u200b about\u2063 the prioritization of Ukraine&#8217;s military\u200d over the needs of \u2063America&#8217;s own \u2063armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>While Washington remains \u200cfocused on Ukraine, \u2064pressing concerns affecting the U.S.\u2063 military\u2064 have been largely overlooked. For instance, \u2063just recently, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that\u2063 it is lowering its uniform standards due \u200cto a shortage of camouflage attire typically worn by service members. This move indicates a \u2063significant lack\u200d of attention\u200c to the well-being and proper equipment\u200d of\u200b America&#8217;s own military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these developments, it is crucial for policymakers \u2064to reassess the allocation\u200d of taxpayer money. \u2064While\u2064 support for Ukraine \u2063is important, it should\u200d not come at the expense\u2062 of adequately addressing the needs of America&#8217;s armed forces. Finding a balance between \u2062international aid and domestic concerns is essential to ensure the well-being and security of the United States and its \u200bcitizens.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming months, it will be important\u200b for Congress and the Biden administration to carefully evaluate the allocation of\u200b funds and consider the\u2062 impact on both\u200b domestic and international priorities. The well-being of America&#8217;s armed\u200b forces\u2062 and the concerns\u2063 of its citizens should not \u2062be forgotten in the pursuit of geopolitical \u2063interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After securing funding for the federal government, Congress and the White House are focused on finding ways to allocate additional U.S. taxpayer funds to support Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing conflict with Russia. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed concerns during a recent White House press briefing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2053856,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2053855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/2053855","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=2053855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2053855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2053855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2053855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2053855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}