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The NPR Politics Podcast

Biden Scores Big Wins In Baltics

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The administration's policy goals regarding Swedish accession to NATO and more military aid for Ukraine were front and center at this week's summit of the military alliance in Vilnius, Lithuania. But, despite NATO's continued support of Ukraine, there still is no timetable for the country to join the alliance, rankling some.

This episode: political correspondent Kelsey Snell, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and international correspondent Eleanor Beardsley.

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast and we've got some special friends in studio because it is bring your kid to work day here at NPR.

0:09.0

This podcast was recorded at...

0:12.0

...131 pm on Thursday, July 13th.

0:16.5

Things may have changed by the time you listen, but we'll still be here taking tours and exploring headquarters.

0:23.5

Alright, here's the show!

0:27.0

This is so good guys!

0:32.0

Loved that it has been a little chaotic here in the MPR studios, but we've been having a great time.

0:38.0

But for now, hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Kelsey Snow, I cover politics.

0:44.0

And I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.

0:46.0

And NPR's International correspondent, Eleanor Beardley, joins us from Paris, Eleanor.

0:51.0

Hello guys! Or Gals, I should say.

0:54.5

It's great, it's my pleasure, my pleasure.

0:56.5

We're so glad that you're here because you are just back from Villanue Slythwaynia, where NATO leaders held their annual summit.

1:02.5

And Eleanor, before we get down to the details of the summit, can you give us a sense of what the scene was like and how Biden was received here?

1:08.5

He looked amazing at the summit.

1:10.5

He looked like this, first of all, he's the big man on campus.

1:13.5

You know, the US is the most important NATO country.

1:16.5

And he comes in and he just...

1:18.5

It was an amazing balancing act.

1:20.0

He managed to keep a pipeline of aid and commitment coming to Ukraine without going to war with Russia.

1:24.5

And everybody seemed happy at the end.

1:27.0

So it was really... I mean, it shows his experience, he just comes in there and does it.

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