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Derrick Van Orden: “The United States government must be in charge of our…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Derrick Van Orden Speaks on Ukraine Funding in DOD Appropriations Bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

I acknowledge the fact that this is an illegal war and Vladimir Putin should be punished. However, I am not happy with the level of visibility that we have given to this funding. The United States government must be in charge of our foreign policy. The United States government must be in charge of our defense policies, and we should not be handing these over to the Ukrainian government. We are funding Ukrainians. (00:37–00:43)

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Asserts that U.S. foreign policy should be controlled by the U.S. government.

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