WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today raised concerns regarding the administration's decision to abandon Ukraine by zeroing out military and humanitarian support in this year's Department of Defense (DoD) budget despite widespread American support (https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/54157-four-years-after-russia-invasion-ukraine-most-americans-side-ukraine-few-think-its-winning-february-20-23-2026-economist-yougov-poll) for continued financial and military assistance. In the annual SASC committee hearing on the DoD's fiscal year 2027 budget, King pressed the Under Secretary of Defense and Comptroller Jules Hurst, ...