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President Biden is urging other world leaders attending the U.N. General Assembly this week

in New York to stand united against Russian aggression and Ukraine, with Warren President

Biden's speech as NPR's Tamrakhev.

President Biden said Russia is counting on the world to grow weary.

But he asked if nations abandoned the core principles of the U.N. charter to appease

an aggressor like Russia, can any member nation feel protected?

If you allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure?

I respectfully suggest the answer is no.

The White House is asking Congress for another $24 billion in military and economic support

for Ukraine.

But some Republicans are bulking.

Tamrakhev, NPR News, New York.

In its opinion last June, the Supreme Court declined to extend its ban on affirmative action

to the service academies, at least for now, because the special considerations raised

by the military had never been addressed by the lower courts.

The military has long maintained that the nation's security depends on having a diverse

officer corps that is ready to lead an increasingly diverse fighting force.

But now, the same group that successfully sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina

has West Point and the other service academies in its sites.

In a lawsuit filed today, it asserts that in recent decades, West Point continues to use

a system that is, quote, focused on race.

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