WASHINGTON — Making the pitch — yet again — for more Congressional funding for Ukraine.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles "CQ" Brown were in Ramstein, Germany on Tuesday.
There, they attended the 20th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting with defense and military officials from nearly 50 nations to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Austin said when the U.S. invests in Ukraine it is also investing in its own security.
"It's crucial to our own security. The United States would face grave new perils on a world where aggression and autocracy are on the march, and where tyrants are emboldened, and where dictators think they can wipe democracy off the map," he said.
Congress has been deadlocked for months over a new $95 billion supplemental bill that includes about $60 billion in aid for Ukraine and its war with Russia.
Some Republican lawmakers are insisting that the Biden Administration first do more to secure the U.S. Southern border even though they rejected a bipartisan border bill last month.