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Sam Levine in New York

Mitch McConnell backs Biden’s $106bn aid request for Israel and Ukraine

Mitch McConnell: ‘The Ukrainians are destroying the army of one of our biggest rivals. I have a hard time finding anything wrong with that.’
Mitch McConnell: ‘The Ukrainians are destroying the army of one of our biggest rivals. I have a hard time finding anything wrong with that.’ Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Mitch McConnell offered a strong endorsement on Sunday of the Joe Biden White House’s $106bn aid proposal to Israel and Ukraine, saying he and the president were essentially “in the same place” on the issue.

McConnell, the powerful Republican leader in the Senate, also rebuffed some of his GOP colleagues in the Senate who have called for a package separating assistance for the two countries, saying it would be “a mistake” during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation.

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