U.S. President: American Leadership Holds World Together
U.S. President Joe Biden is asking his country to back spending billions more to support Israel and Ukraine.
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00:00 Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden is asking his country to back spending billions more
00:04 to support Israel and Ukraine.
00:08 American leadership is what holds the world together.
00:11 American alliances are what keep us, America, safe.
00:14 American values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with.
00:18 To put all that at risk if we walk away from Ukraine, if we turn our backs on Israel, it's
00:25 just not worth it.
00:27 Biden spoke after returning from Israel in a show of solidarity as it battles Hamas militants.
00:32 He says he will send an urgent funding request to the U.S. Congress, expected to be around
00:36 100 billion U.S. dollars over the next year.
00:39 That reportedly includes money for Ukraine, Israel, humanitarian aid and border management,
00:44 as well as for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific.