My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

We will be back in some form.

We are still deeply divided.

Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?

Absolutely.

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. It's the Irishman in America from the

Irishman abroad podcast network and as the US pledge to give even more military support to the Ukraine,

President Biden openly refers to Putin as a war criminal, and Germany unveils a plan to fund the world's third biggest military.

Are decisions being made with wide-ranging ramifications too fast and loose at the moment, while Secretary of State Anthony

Blinken warns of profound long-term effects from Russia's invasion in Ukraine and pours cold water

on the prospect of a diplomatic end to the conflict. What is the word in Washington?

Is all of this just more posturing, while innocent civilians continue to die if they do not flee the country?

Today, our US correspondent, Sunday Business Post legend Marion McKeown, talks to me about the demands from both sides and whether Blinkins promise to reverse the sanctions if the war ends is genuine.

But Marion, you've been chasing your tail all week with Mihal Martin over there.

How has that been?

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