House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sept. 23 backtracked on his pledge to remove Ukraine aid from the Pentagon funding bill, citing difficulty in removing money earmarked for Kyiv from a different proposal—and opting to keep it in both measures.
Mr. McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill that he made the decision to keep the $300 million of Ukraine aid in the Pentagon spending package after realizing that another measure that funds State Department and Foreign Operations also includes money meant for Kyiv, per The Hill.
