Biden Weighs Adding Global Food Aid to Ukraine Funding Request

  • White House still configuring request for Ukraine package
  • Growing global food crisis spurs bipartisan support for aid

President Joe Biden

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The Biden administration is weighing swift action to ramp up global food assistance amid rising concern that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is stoking a hunger crisis in many poorer nations, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The White House is considering attaching a global food aid request to the military aid package for Ukraine that President Joe Biden is preparing to send to Congress as a means to move the relief quickly.