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Weekend Update #29--update

It really is the week that Ukraine won the war--the noteworthy change in Biden Administration Rhetoric

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May 21, 2023
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Hi Everyone, Ive not done this before, but I think some developments today deserve highlighting, as they really compliment what I wrote about yesterday in the weekend update.

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Weekend Update #29
Hi Everyone, tomorrow is a very busy day so I am sending this weekend out on Saturday. Hope that is ok! Once again, the line barely moved this week, but it might have been the most momentous week of the war since February 24, 2022. After months of delays, obfuscations and, quite possibly, deliberate distortions, the US administration okayed plans for Ukr…
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3 years ago · 174 likes · 24 comments · Phillips P. OBrien

That update was built around what looked to be a decisive change in Biden administration support for Ukraine, with the beginning of a plan to provide Ukraine with F-16s. Even when …

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