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That is what we\u2019ve talked to the Israelis about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan also stressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/04\/24\/congress-sends-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-package-to-presidents-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\">the $95 billion foreign aid package<\/a> that President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday will help put the U.S. grow its munitions industrial base to help Ukraine counter Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean there aren\u2019t limitations on what we can do because it does take time to crank up the industrial base,\u201d he told Defense News at White House briefing to discuss the bill. \u201cIf you think about the picture of something like 155mm ammunition, we\u2019ve doubled our national production of 155. By the end of this year we\u2019ll have doubled it again and then be on track to go even beyond that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are other areas where the timelines for ramp up are longer, but the arrows are all pointing in the direction of the collective west ramping up its defense industrial base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan said he expects the Ukraine funding \u201cat least through the end of this year\u201d and likely into next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/04\/17\/house-to-hold-separate-votes-on-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">package includes<\/a> $48 billion in Ukraine-related funding for the Pentagon, $14 billion in Israel military assistance and nearly $4 billion to arm Taiwan and Indo-Pacific allies. Biden initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2023\/10\/20\/biden-asks-congress-for-israel-ukraine-aid-in-giant-defense-package\/\" target=\"_blank\">asked Congress for the supplemental spending package more than six months ago<\/a> following Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growing Republican resistance to a fifth round of Ukraine assistance and initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/13\/senate-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-amid-trump-fueled-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\">opposition from former President Donald Trump<\/a>, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, significantly delayed the bill. But House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/04\/20\/house-passes-contentious-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-package\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson, R-La., opted to hold votes on the package<\/a> earlier this month in the wake of a meeting with Trump and Iran\u2019s attack on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/01\/18\/pressure-mounts-on-biden-to-leverage-human-rights-laws-on-israel-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">months of pressure from some congressional Democrats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2024\/02\/09\/biden-doesnt-plan-to-stop-israel-aid-after-human-rights-order\/#:~:text=The%20executive%20memorandum%20requires%20any,under%20existing%20human%20rights%20laws.\" target=\"_blank\">Biden signed an executive memorandum in February <\/a>requiring all military aid recipients \u2013 including Ukraine and Israel \u2013to submit assurances that they will comply with international humanitarian law and U.S. human rights laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under Biden\u2019s memorandum, the Pentagon and State Department must assess Israel\u2019s compliance with its human rights assurances in a report to Congress due May 8, with noncompliance possibly resulting in the suspension of military aid as stipulated by existing U.S. laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll give an updated assessment on both the question of humanitarian assistance and civilian protection and conduct of military operations,\u201d said Sullivan. \u201cThe president has been clear and has said publicly that our policy in Gaza will be determined by Israeli conduct in Gaza and we\u2019ll make our decisions accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memorandum exempts air defense systems and other defensive equipment from restrictions. The Israel military aid in Congress\u2019 recent package includes $4 billion to replenish air defense interceptors, $4.4 billion to replenish things like air-to-ground munitions and artillery shells and $3.5 billion in Foreign Military Financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukraine portion of the bill includes $23 billion to replenish U.S. weapons sent to Kyiv. Additionally, there\u2019s another $13.8 billion in the bill to procure weapons contracts for Kyiv under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/04\/24\/we-need-to-move-fast-pentagon-sends-ukraine-1-billion-in-new-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon is putting together a $1 billion package for Ukraine<\/a> to transfer air defense interceptors, armored vehicles, anti-tank weapons and artillery rounds from U.S. stockpiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/25\/us-weapons-contract-ukraine-00154450\" target=\"_blank\">also reported Thursday<\/a> that the Pentagon will soon announce a $6 billion package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, including artillery ammunition, drones, air-to-air missiles and Patriot air defense munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is such a gap between where the collective west is and where it needs to be in terms of munitions stockpiles,\u201d said Sullivan. \u201cThere is a need for replenishment on all of these systems that extends out years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf anything, I believe that our defense industry is still underestimating, rather than overestimating, the need regardless of the precise duration or course of the war in Ukraine. 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