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Welcome to the Commentary magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Friday, February 23rd,

2024. I'm John Pothorts, the editor of Commentary magazine with me as

always executive editor

Abe Greenwald hi Abe

hi John

senior editor Seth Mandel hi Seth

Seth

and media commentary columnist Christine Rosen. Hi Christine. Hi, John. Okay, so

zooming around the planet we have I think we made note of this but we may not specifically have so we are now entering as of this week we're entering the third year of the war in Ukraine which began with this Russian tanks rolling across the border on February 20,

and here we are in a bizarre political fix here in the United States. Recent polling suggests very strong American support for continuing

aid to Ukraine. 70% of Americans. It is understood that if there were a clean vote in the Congress on a bill solely

to support A to Ukraine with nothing else involved. The bill would likely pass with 300 to 350 boats in the house,

pure totally bipartisan level of support.

And yet there is no A2 Ukraine.

The A2 Ukraine is now stalled and tied up

after passing the Senate in an omnibus bill

that involves a to Ukraine, a to Israel,

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