President Biden declares support for Israel and Ukraine is ’vital’ for U.S. security

President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America’s national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts as he prepared to ask for billions of dollars in military assistance for both countries. If international aggression is allowed to continue, Biden said in a rare Oval Office address, “conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world.” “Hamas and Putin represent different threats,“ Biden said. “But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy.” MORE: