Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's President, Addresses Congress
The NPR Politics Podcast
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🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Following the speech, Biden pledged to send an additional $800 million to Ukraine to boost security measures. This is in addition to $200 million in military aid to Ukraine Biden approved on Saturday.
One ask that Zelenskyy is not likely to see answered: a U.S.-led no fly zone, which the Biden administration opposes as it seeks to avoid a direct military conflict with Russia.
This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Ahmed from Dallas. I just finished my off-taking ceremony to become a |
| 0:06.7 | US citizen. I would like to thank the NPR politics podcast and Parks and |
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| 0:17.5 | podcast was recorded at 1.30 pm Eastern time on Wednesday March 16th. Things may |
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| 0:36.3 | I didn't realize we're in the same category. Hey there this is the NPR Politics |
| 0:41.4 | podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House. I'm dear Dhrawash, I cover |
| 0:45.6 | Congress. And I'm Ron Elving, Editor correspondent. And today on the show you |
| 0:50.3 | crane, the view from Capitol Hill and the White House. Ukraine's president |
| 0:54.4 | Volodymyr Zelensky made a direct appeal to Congress earlier today pleading with |
| 0:59.0 | lawmakers to help his country defend itself against this Russian invasion. I'm |
| 1:03.8 | addressing the President Biden. You are the leader of the nation of your |
| 1:12.1 | nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world |
| 1:20.7 | means to be the leader of this. And then a couple hours later President Biden |
| 1:27.8 | spoke to those concerns. And let there be no doubt, no uncertainty, no |
| 1:32.2 | question. America stands with the forces of freedom. We always have, we always |
| 1:37.7 | will. So, Dhrawash, before we get into the content of either one of those speeches |
| 1:43.0 | today, let's just talk about the moment. I will say it seemed incredibly rare to |
| 1:48.5 | have a foreign leader address Congress, let alone in the middle of a war when his |
| 1:53.3 | country is legitimately under attack. Yeah, I mean occasionally foreign leaders |
| 1:58.7 | do come to Washington and address Congress, but not under these circumstances. |
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