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AMNA NAWAZ: We return
now to that sweeping
foreign aid package that's

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now law and set to deliver
tens of billions of dollars
to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

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Lisa Desjardins is here
now to walk us through
what happens now.

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So, Lisa, the biggest
portion of that foreign aid

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package is for Ukraine.
How soon does the money
and the weapons get there?

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LISA DESJARDINS: Almost
immediately, within hours or
days, is what we're being told.

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And the reason we want to
look at this is because,
while this has passed
Congress, there was a lot of

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drama and intensity
there. This is a world
kind of matter now,what
happens to all this money.

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So, let's look at some of the
biggest money, especially for
Ukraine. Where those $60 billion

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for Ukraine are going,
the largest portion, $23
billion, is actually to
replenish U.S. stockpiles,

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weapons we have already sent;
$14 billion would be new
weapons for Ukraine that would

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go through contractors here in
America, and $8 billion would be
a transfer of existing weapons.

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Now, what do we know about
the weapons? Ukraine,
as you saw yourself, in
desperate need. What are

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they getting? The White
House today announced the
first billion dollars or
so worth of weapons that

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will be going. Mostly, they
said it would be short-range
anti-aircraft missiles.

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We know the need
there for Ukraine. In
addition, there would be
artillery, those big guns,

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105-millimeter, 155-millimeter,
Bradley Vehicles. We have talked
about that on this show before

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and the needs there in Ukraine.
And anti-armor systems and mines
to push back at the Russians.

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Now, what's not on
that list of what was
announced today? Long-range
anti-aircraft systems,

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ATACMS. The White House did
announce, and Nick Schifrin
has been reporting also,

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that there were actually
ATACMS sent in the last
month secretly to Ukraine,

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that Biden and his
administration were able
to get those in there.

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What we didn't see on this list
were Patriot missiles, those
longer-range anti-aircraft

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missiles, big deal because,
as you saw, the missiles
that Russia can send can

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take out areas around Kyiv, like
that power plant, for example,
where you saw the damage.

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They were needing -- in need
of anti-aircraft missiles,

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potentially like Patriot
missiles. We're waiting
to see if the Biden
administration acknowledges

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that more of those kinds of
long-range, more expensive
weapons will be sent soon.

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AMNA NAWAZ: Lisa, as you
mentioned, it was a journey
to get here, right? This took

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over half-a-year amid some
early Republican opposition,
but it did pass overwhelmingly.

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What does that tell us
about the Capitol right now?

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LISA DESJARDINS: Really
remarkable in this time
of incredible partisanship
that national security

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actually was a unifying
cause, and not just any
national security, but
with a worldwide view.

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So, listening to senators
last night, Republican
Leader Mitch McConnell and

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Democratic leader Chuck
Schumer, it was some of
the most kind of unifying

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rhetoric I have heard from
both of them. They called
this aid package historic.

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SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY):
We can wish for a world
where the responsibilities of

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leadership don't fall on
us, or we can act like we
understand that they do.

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Tonight, as at so many
moments in our history,

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idle calls for America to
lower its guard ring hollow.

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SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY):
Failure to pass the supplemental

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would have been a gift to
Putin, to Iran, to Xi, and hurt
America politically, militarily,

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economically, and culturally.
I'm glad that, when it
mattered most, finally,

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finally, finally, both parties
came together to do the right
thing for our nation's security.

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LISA DESJARDINS: There were,
of course, opponents to
this, largely Republicans.

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Now, while there were fewer
Republicans who voted no in
the Senate than the previous

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version of this bill,
those who did said this
was a misguided mistake.

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SEN. MIKE LEE (R-UT):
Congress cares more about
sending billions to wage
endless war in foreign

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countries, cares more about this
than saving our own country.
It seems no price is too high,

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no weapon system is off-limits.
Our only strategy appears
to be spend, spend, spend,

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and then spend some more,
with little to no thought
given to the consequences.

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LISA DESJARDINS: This is a
longtime American debate,

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but it ended this time with
America involvement overseas.

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AMNA NAWAZ: Lisa,
in the meantime,

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we know there's aid in this
package for Israel and Taiwan as
well. Where will that money go?

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LISA DESJARDINS: Let's
go through that quickly.

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For Israel, first of all,
$14 billion. You will see a
couple of different figures,

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but that is money just for
Israel itself. Also in that same
bill is another $9 billion of

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humanitarian relief. That
will include Gaza and other
crisis points around the world.

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Now, $8 billion will go to the
Indo-Pacific region. There's
a lot happening there in the

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Indo-Pacific region to counter
China. That will include
money to try and, let's say,

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expand U.S. submarine presence
in that region, but also loans
to some of those countries.

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AMNA NAWAZ: Lisa,
we're talking about $95
billion in aid. What are

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your sources telling
you in terms of how long
this is going to last?

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LISA DESJARDINS: I know.
It's been a long time
even getting here, right?

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Now, if you think about
this, $95 billion,
let's look at Ukraine,

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$60 billion in this bill.
Now, up until this point for
Ukraine, we have given about

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$44 billion. So this is more
than the U.S. has given in
aid since that start in 2022.

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Talking to sources, they
think that this can last in
Ukraine for perhaps a year.

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If the United States wants,
they can send more aggressive
weapons, more expensive

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weapons. Then it will last
less time, but at least through
the election, maybe a year.

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AMNA NAWAZ: Lisa Desjardins,
thank you so much.

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LISA DESJARDINS: You're welcome.