At A Senate Appropriations Hearing, Durbin Questions Secretaries Blinken, Austin On The President's Emergency National Security Supplemental

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"But he [President Zelenskyy] said without the continued financial support of the United States and NATO, we will lose this war. He was unequivocal. He repeated it--without the financial support of the United States and NATO, we will lose this war. Was he exaggerating?"

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"In the starkest terms, what would that mean if we were to step back and not fund support for the people of Ukraine to repel Putin at this moment?"

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"What impact would that [the U.S. not supporting Ukraine] have on NATO?"

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"Mr. Secretary, it can't be a coincidence that Putin would invite the head of the Hamas terrorist organization to Moscow just days after the October 7th attack. It's a terrible massacre and I have heard so many depictions. Do you believe there is an allied effort between Putin's cause and the cause of the Hamas terrorists?"

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