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CD253: Escalation of War

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The Ukranian Democracy Defense Lender Lease Act of 2023

Congress has also passed and bied and signed the ukraine democracy defense lend lease act of 20 22. Congress did put one limit on what the money could be spent on. They limited funding preventing and responding to food insecurity with this money bucket. The limit was 760 million dollars less than a billion. So no limits on weapons purchases or any accountability for it. And so just remember that next time you hear any one in congress talking about how much they care about the ucranian people, or people in general, the vast majority of the funding in this law is dedicated to the purchase of weapons of death. This law is desi ind to expand a war.

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