Pentagon: US aid to Israel and Ukraine depends on Congressional action

The Israel-Hamas war has underscored the need for a real budget instead of a continuing resolution, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday, as the secretary of the Army called on Congress to increase funding to allow the Pentagon to support Israel and Ukraine at the same time.

“One thing that is really important in terms of the munitions in particular and our ability to support both potentially the Israelis and the Ukrainians simultaneously, is additional funding from Congress, to be able to increase our capacity…to expand production and then...