I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Sharis. And this is the Daily Football Top News for Tuesday, September 19th.

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Today, President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly, and he called on world leaders to stand with Ukraine

and against Russia's naked aggression. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was present in the crowd, but noticeably missing world leaders from Russia, China and some European countries, including the UK and France.

During his about 27-minute speech, Biden asked the leaders this question, if we abandon the core principles of the United States to appease an aggressor,

can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected?

And he went on challenging the world leaders to support Ukraine. Take a listen.

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

I respectfully suggest the answers no. We have to stand up to this naked aggression today, and the two other would be aggressors tomorrow.

Here with us to offer his analysis on Biden's speech is Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs, Brett Schaefer. Thank you so much for being with us.

Thank you for having me.

So you listened to President Biden's speech. What did you make of Biden's call to world leaders and his statement that no nation can be secure if we allow Ukraine to be carved up? That was his words.

Well, there's no doubt that Russia invaded Ukraine. They are committing serious war crimes, crimes against humanity in Ukraine. It's an atrocity, and it's a horrible situation.

I think the American people feel camaraderie with Ukraine. They sympathize with Ukraine, and they want to support Ukraine.

But there are also people that are concerned about how the money is being used, how long the conflict is going on, and those are legitimate questions to be asking.

Unfortunately, we didn't get any kind of perspective from President Biden on those kinds of questions that are being raised in the American public.

And he needs to answer those, because if he wants to rally American support, much less international support for this, there needs to be a robust conversation and justification for what he's asking the American people to do, which is support, in essence, an open ended commitment here, and that's not appropriate.

He, as the President of the United States, must go forward and make the argument to the American people, what his vision is, what is he doing, how is his actions, supporting a resolution to this conflict on a reasonable timeframe, and he has not made that case.

And I think he needs to do that if he's going to overcome the skepticism that is present, not only from Republicans in Congress, but also among the American people.

Sounds like what you're saying is the President needs a plan, and he needs to articulate that plan to the American people in the world.

Yes, he does, and I think that I'm not the first one to make this comment, obviously, but it's been absent.

Where are the big speeches outlining what America's objectives are here?

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