Cameron to pressure U.S. lawmakers to approve military aid bill for Ukraine
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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will visit the United States next week to urge lawmakers to approve a $60 billion military and financial aid package for Ukraine that has been stalled in Congress for months.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will visit the United States next week to urge politicians to approve a military aid package for Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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Cameron said he would meet with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to persuade him to pass the aid package.
Britain has allocated its money for Ukraine this year, as has the European Union. America should do the same. Speaker Johnson can do it in Congress. I'm going to meet with him next week and say we need this money, Ukraine needs this money.
This is a bill that has been postponed in Congress for several months. If this document is approved, Ukraine will receive $60 billion in military and financial assistance from the United States.
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In February, Cameron urged Republican lawmakers not to "show the weakness shown against Hitler" in the 1930s when he urged them to approve a funding package for Ukraine.
Marjorie Taylor Green, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the House of Representatives who opposes aid to Ukraine, then told Cameron not to interfere in US politics and rudely added that he could "kiss my ass.