U.S. defense spending and military aid costs are adding up. President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion U.S. military aid package in April allocating funding to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific region. On top of that, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 authorized military spending of a record $886 billion. A big chunk of that money will go to bolster the American defense industry. So where does the U.S. send military aid and personnel and how does defense spending affect the world at large?

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Persons: Joe Biden, Gregory Hayes, CNBC's, Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman Organizations: National Defense, U.S, Dynamics, Boeing, Northrop, Northrop Grumman —, of Defense, Congressional Research Service Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, U.S