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The U.S. can start delivering defense aid to Ukraine “pretty quickly” once Congress passes a foreign aid bill allocating $60 billion to Kyiv, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said during a press briefing on Feb. 20. The Senate passed the $95 billion funding request, including assistance for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, earlier this month. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has so far refused to put it to a vote in the House, instead declaring recess until the end of February. “So if you’ve seen with most of our PDAs (presidential drawdown authority), we’ve been able to surge systems and …

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