
The Pentagon has “deep concern” over the lack of Ukraine aid in the stopgap funding measure passed to avert a government shutdown, the department’s comptroller has said, adding it may result in delaying or curtailing security assistance efforts. In a Sept. 29 letter to House Minority leadership, DoD Comptroller Michael McCord said the Pentagon is “already out of funding” for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and only has $1.6 billion remaining out of the $25.9 billion Congress has previously…