US Ukraine Lend Lease -- WEB
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- US Ukraine Lend Lease -- WEB
- May 9, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English US UKRAINE LEND LEASE (TV) HEADLINE: Biden Signs Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, Speeding Equipment to War Zone TEASER: PUBLISHED: 5/9/2022 AT 2:45PM BYLINE: Carla Babb DATELINE: Fairbanks, Alaska VIDEOGRAPHER: Mike Burke VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Newhouse, Sharon Shahid SR VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO__ TRT: 2:17 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: TV EDS: ((INTRO)) [[Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, reviving a World War II-era program that will allow Ukraine to more efficiently request weapons to repel Russia’s invasion. The bill, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, is similar to legislation passed in 1941 that helped U.S. allies defeat the Nazis. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb takes us to a base in Fairbanks, Alaska, which was vital to the original 1941 Lend-Lease agreement.]] ((Carla Babb, VOA News)) “Welcome to Fort Wainwright. Today, soldiers come here to learn how to survive and fight in the brutally cold Arctic terrain. But before World War II, this base was just a small remote military outpost known as Ladd Field. After allies went to war to stop Germany’s aggressive military annexations, Congress in 1941 established a Lend-Lease Act to supply military aid and weapons to Russia and others fighting Germany and the Axis powers. Ladd Field, right here, was the final transfer point for that program. ((Courtesy: US Department of Defense)) From 1941 to 1945, Americans delivered nearly 8,000 aircraft to Russian pilots who then flew them across the Bering Strait into Russian territory. Just a few minutes’ drive from here, in the heart of Fairbanks, ((monuments broll)) lies a monument honoring that military cooperation between Russia and the United States. But today, that cooperation feels like ancient history. Russia is now the aggressor in Europe — its brutal invasion of Ukraine condemned by much of the world. I visited that monument with Alaskan Senator Dan Sullivan, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and who spoke to me about Congress’s new Lend-Lease Act.” ((Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska)) “There’s a couple of great quotes on this statue, but it talks about Winston Churchill saying that American industrial production was what was key to winning the war in Europe. We passed another version of the Lend-Lease Program, it’s actually called the Lend-Lease Program, with the goal of getting American equipment as quickly as possible to the Ukrainians to defeat the Russians. So, it’s about a180 in terms of the whole point of lend-lease, but obviously Russia is now the target, not the beneficiary.” ((NARRATOR)) The United States has so far provided nearly $4 billion in arms and equipment to Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, and President Biden has asked Congress for $33 billion in additional funds for Ukraine through September.
- Transcript/Script US UKRAINE LEND LEASE (TV) HEADLINE: Biden Signs Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, Speeding Equipment to War Zone TEASER: PUBLISHED: 5/9/2022 AT 2:45PM BYLINE: Carla Babb DATELINE: Fairbanks, Alaska VIDEOGRAPHER: Mike Burke VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Newhouse, Sharon Shahid SR VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO__ TRT: 2:17 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: TV EDS: ((INTRO)) [[Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, reviving a World War II-era program that will allow Ukraine to more efficiently request weapons to repel Russia’s invasion. The bill, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, is similar to legislation passed in 1941 that helped U.S. allies defeat the Nazis. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb takes us to a base in Fairbanks, Alaska, which was vital to the original 1941 Lend-Lease agreement.]] ((Carla Babb, VOA News)) “Welcome to Fort Wainwright. Today, soldiers come here to learn how to survive and fight in the brutally cold Arctic terrain. But before World War II, this base was just a small remote military outpost known as Ladd Field. After allies went to war to stop Germany’s aggressive military annexations, Congress in 1941 established a Lend-Lease Act to supply military aid and weapons to Russia and others fighting Germany and the Axis powers. Ladd Field, right here, was the final transfer point for that program. ((Courtesy: US Department of Defense)) From 1941 to 1945, Americans delivered nearly 8,000 aircraft to Russian pilots who then flew them across the Bering Strait into Russian territory. Just a few minutes’ drive from here, in the heart of Fairbanks, ((monuments broll)) lies a monument honoring that military cooperation between Russia and the United States. But today, that cooperation feels like ancient history. Russia is now the aggressor in Europe — its brutal invasion of Ukraine condemned by much of the world. I visited that monument with Alaskan Senator Dan Sullivan, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and who spoke to me about Congress’s new Lend-Lease Act.” ((Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska)) “There’s a couple of great quotes on this statue, but it talks about Winston Churchill saying that American industrial production was what was key to winning the war in Europe. We passed another version of the Lend-Lease Program, it’s actually called the Lend-Lease Program, with the goal of getting American equipment as quickly as possible to the Ukrainians to defeat the Russians. So, it’s about a180 in terms of the whole point of lend-lease, but obviously Russia is now the target, not the beneficiary.” ((NARRATOR)) The United States has so far provided nearly $4 billion in arms and equipment to Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24, and President Biden has asked Congress for $33 billion in additional funds for Ukraine through September.
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace
- Topic Tags Lend Lease
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 9, 2022 17:07 EDT
- Description English Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the Ukraine Lend-Lease Act, reviving a World War II-era program that will allow Ukraine to more efficiently request weapons to repel Russia’s invasion. The bill, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, is similar to legislation passed in 1941 that helped U.S. allies defeat the Nazis. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb takes us to a base in Fairbanks, Alaska, which was vital to the original 1941 Lend-Lease agreement.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English