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Ukraine’s President Visits U.S. in Desperate Appeal for Aid

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Dec. 12. Volodymyr Zelensky is making a pivotal visit to Washington today in an bid to convince lawmakers to pass a new aid package. WSJ Ukraine bureau chief James Marson explains that Zelensky has few options to hold back Russian forces if U.S. support dries up. Plus, a blow for Google as it loses an antitrust case over the market power of its app store. And the U.K. challenges Unilever over the potential greenwashing of its products. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong Ukraine's president heads to Washington in a desperate appeal for aid.

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Plus a blow for Google as it loses an antitrust case over the market power of its

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And the UK challenges Unilever over the potential green washing of its products.

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It's Tuesday, December 12th. I'm Luke Vargas for the

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Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines

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and business stories moving your world today.

1:19.3

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zilinsky is in Washington today. He's due to meet with President

1:24.2

Biden and to visit Capitol Hill where lawmakers are wrestling with a multi-billion

1:29.0

dollar aid request from the White House. However, that foreign assistance package is facing resistance in Congress

1:35.2

with Republicans now demanding border security measures as a condition for their support.

1:40.4

And speaking at the W.S.J.'s CEO Council summit yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson articulated

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