Putting a hold on congressionally approved military aid for Ukraine was appropriate and routine, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a memo published by news outlets on Dec. 11.
“OMB took appropriate action, in light of a pending policy process, to ensure that funds were not obligated prematurely in a manner that could conflict with the President’s foreign policy,” OMB general counsel Mark Paoletta wrote in the memo.
