{"id":2191555,"date":"2024-03-03T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T21:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-dan-sullivan-majority-of-money-in-foreign-aid-bill-doesnt-go-to-foreign-aid-but-rather-to-rebuilding-u-s-military\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T22:00:28","slug":"gop-senator-dan-sullivan-majority-of-money-in-foreign-aid-bill-doesnt-go-to-foreign-aid-but-rather-to-rebuilding-u-s-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-dan-sullivan-majority-of-money-in-foreign-aid-bill-doesnt-go-to-foreign-aid-but-rather-to-rebuilding-u-s-military\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Dan Sullivan says most of the funds in the foreign aid bill are allocated to bolstering the US military, not foreign aid"},"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\">48<\/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%2Fgop-senator-dan-sullivan-majority-of-money-in-foreign-aid-bill-doesnt-go-to-foreign-aid-but-rather-to-rebuilding-u-s-military%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=2191555&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--><h2>Sen. Dan Sullivan: Majority of Senate&#8217;s Foreign Aid Bill\u200d Goes Toward Rebuilding America&#8217;s \u200cMilitary<\/h2>\n<p>During a captivating interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Sen. \u200cDan Sullivan (R-AK) revealed a\u2062 startling truth about the Senate&#8217;s \u2064foreign aid bill. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of the allocated funds are not directed towards\u2062 foreign aid, but rather towards bolstering America&#8217;s military might.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan&#8217;s remarks came in response to a question about the\u2063 war in Ukraine, where he highlighted the urgent\u200d need \u200dfor a strategic response to the rise of authoritarian aggression worldwide. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got dictators all around the world,&#8221; he emphasized, mentioning Xi Jinping, \u200cPutin, the Ayatollahs in Iran, and North Korea. &#8220;They are working together. We are facing a very dangerous time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing the Biden administration&#8217;s approach \u200bto national security, Sullivan \u200cpointed out the\u200d consistent cuts in \u2064defense and homeland security budgets. However, he stressed that the \u200cSenate&#8217;s aid bill should be viewed as more than just foreign \u200daid. &#8220;It&#8217;s less a foreign aid package \u2064and more a package about rebuilding our own industrial capacity to build weapons \u2063for ourselves,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking \u200dto dispel misconceptions about the bill, Sullivan clarified that 60% of the supplemental funding is dedicated \u200cto enhancing America&#8217;s ability \u2063to\u200b manufacture weapons.\u200d From nuclear submarines to\u2062 various armaments like javelins, stingers, and tomahawks, the bill \u2063aims to address the current limitations in the country&#8217;s industrial capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the \u200dimportance of this investment,\u200c Sullivan emphasized that it is crucial \u200cfor protecting America \u2062and supporting allies facing existential\u2063 threats, such as Taiwan, Israel,\u200d and Ukraine.\u2062 He urged\u2062 Republicans \u200cto unite around this perspective, emphasizing the bill&#8217;s significance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-hack-of-state-department-emails-included-breach-of-social-security-numbers\/\" title=\"Chinese hackers breached State Department emails, compromising Social Security numbers.\">safeguarding national\u2064 security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200bis the main focus of the\u200d Senate&#8217;s aid bill according\u2064 to Senator Sullivan,\u200b and\u2064 why is it important\u200b for protecting national security<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In \u200da \u200drecent interview on\u2064 CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Senator \u2063Dan Sullivan (R-AK) made a surprising \u200crevelation regarding the Senate&#8217;s\u2062 foreign aid bill. Contrary \u200cto popular belief, the majority of the allocated funds do not go towards foreign aid, but rather towards rebuilding and strengthening \u200dAmerica&#8217;s \u200bmilitary capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2064 interview, Sen. Sullivan was asked about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the need for\u200c a strategic response to global authoritarian aggression. He emphasized the \u200dpresence of dictators\u200c such\u200d as Xi Jinping, Putin, the Ayatollahs in Iran, and North Korea, highlighting\u200c the dangerous time we are facing.\u2064 According to Sullivan, it \u2064is crucial to address this\u200b global threat.<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing the\u200c current administration&#8217;s approach to national security, Sullivan pointed out the consistent cuts in defense and homeland security \u200dbudgets. However, he \u200bstressed that the Senate&#8217;s aid bill should not be \u200bseen \u200dsolely\u2064 as foreign aid. Instead, he explained that it is\u2064 more about rebuilding America&#8217;s industrial capacity\u2062 to manufacture weapons for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>To dispel any misconceptions about the bill, Sen. Sullivan clarified that\u2064 60%\u2064 of the supplemental\u200b funding \u2063is dedicated to \u2062enhancing America&#8217;s ability to produce weapons. This includes nuclear submarines\u2062 and various armaments like javelins, stingers, and tomahawks. The\u200c aim \u2062of the bill is to address the\u2062 limitations in our industrial capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sullivan emphasized the importance \u2063of this investment in protecting America and supporting allies\u200b facing existential threats, such as Taiwan, Israel, \u2064and Ukraine.\u200d He urged\u200d Republicans to unite \u200daround \u2062this perspective and recognize the\u200b significance of the bill in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-demands-doj-investigate-alarming-pro-hamas-sentiment-on-college-campuses\/\" title=\"GOP Senator calls for DOJ probe into 'disturbing' pro-Hamas sentiment on campuses.\">safeguarding national\u200d security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear from Sen.\u200d Sullivan&#8217;s remarks \u2064that the Senate&#8217;s foreign aid bill has a primary focus on rebuilding America&#8217;s military might. The allocation of funds towards enhancing our industrial \u200dcapacity for weapon manufacturing is aimed at addressing the current\u200c limitations and ensuring the protection \u200bof our \u200dnation and our allies. This perspective highlights the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-the-2022-midterms-were-good-for-veterans\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich: The 2022 Midterms Were Good for Veterans\">prioritizing national security<\/a> in \u200btoday&#8217;s increasingly dangerous world.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview with Sen. \u200bSullivan below:\u2063 [Embed Link]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) revealed that most of the funds in the Senate&#8217;s foreign aid bill are allocated for bolstering America&#8217;s military, rather than foreign aid. Sullivan made this statement during an interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with host Margaret Brennan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2191556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Dan-Sullivan-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2191555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Dan-Sullivan-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191555","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}