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Biden says support for Israel and Ukraine is ‘vital’ for U.S. security, will ask Congress for billions

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office on Thursday. He said he would send an urgent funding request to Congress, which is expected to be $105 billion for the next year. (Getty)

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden declared it “vital for America’s security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case for Congress to approve billions in military aid for those nations in a speech that highlighted the death of a Plainfield-area Palestinian American youth, Wadea Al-Fayoume.

“Just last week, a mother was brutally stabbed, and a little boy who had just turned 6-years-old was murdered in their home outside Chicago,” Biden said.

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