Biden's Surprise Visit To Ukraine

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🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

President Biden traveled to Ukraine on Monday on an unannounced trip to mark the anniversary of Russia's invasion of the country. But back home, more Americans are growing weary of continuing to support a war that could stretch on for years.

This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Devin Speak.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Samantha and I'm looking out over Avalon Harbor on beautiful Catalina Island.
0:06.5	This podcast was recorded at...
0:08.5	106 PM on February 20th, 2023.
0:12.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll be back on the mainland waiting
0:16.5	for my next chance to come over to the island.
0:19.3	Okay, enjoy the show!
0:21.3	That's a radio producer.
0:26.0	You kind of hear she's got near for it, I can hear the water kind of switching actually.
0:30.0	Took me there, you know?
0:31.0	That's a really good radio production.
0:33.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:35.0	I'm Miles Parks, I cover voting.
0:37.0	I'm Franco Adonia as I cover the White House.
0:39.0	And I'm Deer Drew Walsh, I cover Congress.
0:41.0	And President Biden made an unannounced visit to Kiev on Monday.
0:45.0	This week marks the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
0:50.0	Franco, let's start there.
0:52.0	President Mahin unannounced visit to an active war zone seems pretty remarkable.
0:57.0	Yeah, it's a pretty big deal.
0:59.0	I mean, President traveling into a war-torn country is always going to be huge,
1:04.0	but in this case, Biden is doing it where the United States does not have a presence.
1:08.0	That's the difference of like going into Iraq or Afghanistan.
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