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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Joe Biden's Aid Package for Israel and Ukraine

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

News, Society & Culture

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In an Oval Office address, President Biden makes the case that supporting Israel against Hamas, as well as Ukraine against Russia, is in America's national interest, while calling for more security assistance from Congress. Plus, House Republicans are back to square one, after Jim Jordan's bid to be Speaker fails a third time on the floor, with more votes turning against him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And America's Role in the World as House Republicans move on from Jim Jordan as their

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nominee for Speaker welcome on Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.5

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0:46.7

Batch other Odell President Biden addressed the American public on foreign policy in remarks

0:52.7

from the Oval Office Thursday night.

0:54.9

He included analysis of the war in Ukraine, the war in Israel and more and here's a piece

1:00.4

of what he said.

1:01.4

Let me share with you why making sure Israel and Ukraine succeed is vital for America's

1:06.6

national security.

1:07.6

You know, history has taught us that when terrorists don't pay a price for their terror,

1:13.1

when dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death

1:18.0

and more destruction.

1:20.1

They keep going and the cost and the threats to America and the world keep rising.

1:25.7

So if we don't stop Putin's appetite for power and control in Ukraine, he won't limit

1:31.0

himself just to Ukraine.

1:33.1

He's already threatened to remind Poland that their western land was a gift from Russia.

1:41.9

One of his top advisors, a former president of Russia, has called Estonia Latvia and Lithuania

1:47.1

Russia's Baltic provinces.

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