Go to Media BankUS President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct 4U.S. President Joe Biden has simplified the statutory procedure for expanding and accelerating the domestic production of critical weapons and equipment for the defense of the country, follows from the published memorandum of the head of the White House. «I make exceptions to paragraphs 303(a)(5) and 303(a)(6) of the (Defence Production) Act in order to expand and accelerate the domestic production of critical weapons and equipment necessary for national defense,” the document says. Biden noted that this the decision is needed to expand the production of weapons for «defense against enemy aggression.» «Disruptions in this area seriously harm the national defense capability,» he added. >Biden signs interim budget bill, including aid to Ukraine
