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US President Joe Biden approved the US defense budget worth $895 billion for fiscal year 2025, which began last October 1.
A statement released by the White House press office said: “The President signed “fiscal year 2025 appropriations, specifically for the US Department of Defense, military construction programs, Department of Energy national security programs and intelligence programs.”
The draft was approved by the US House of Representatives on December 11 and by the Senate on December 18.
The text of the 1.8 thousand page document again includes “prohibiting the Pentagon from concluding contracts with people working in fossil fuel operations, the Russian government, or the Russian energy sector.”
The administration is also prohibited from sharing information with Russia, as required under the START Treaty, with an exception to this prohibition if the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State notify lawmakers that “Russia is provide similar information to the United States as needed. under the Treaty or if it is in the interest of security.” “The United States unilaterally submits such notifications to Russia.”
The document requires the American intelligence services to assess the risks that may be exposed to the security of the United States if Washington stops supplying weapons to Kiev and if Russia succeeds in carrying out its own military operation.
Source: Russia Today