“Every answer and decision has a cost. President Biden is being pulled in two different directions.” -ABC News Political Analyst Steve Roberts recaps President Biden’s speech on the Bruce St James Show.
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Blood Donation Drive for Ukraine on March 18th!
Blood donations are always in demand. Lawrence Ligas has set up a blood donation drive to help those suffering in Ukraine on Friday, March 18th. To donate blood click the link: https://donate.illinois.versiti.org/donor/schedules/zip
Will sanctions be enough to save Ukraine from Russia?
“This is the darkest hour in Europe since 1945. We are focusing on helping Ukraine and traumatically punishing Russia.” providing his insight on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Bruce St James Show.
Manafort’s plan to ‘greatly benefit the Putin Government’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Manafort wrote a 2005 strategy plan that he said “can greatly benefit the Putin Government.” At the time, U.S.-Russia relations under Republican President George W. Bush were growing worse.
Manafort’s arrangement was with Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, a close Putin ally. Manafort signed a $10 million annual contract beginning in 2006 and maintained a business relationship until at least 2009. The work was described in interviews with people familiar with it and confidential business records obtained by the AP.
Manafort confirmed to the AP that he worked for Deripaska but said the work was being unfairly cast as inappropriate.
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MH17 shot down by Buk missile brought in from Russia, say investigators
By Tim Hume and Lindsay Isaac, CNN
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by a Buk missile brought in from Russia to a pro-Russian area of eastern Ukraine, the head of the Dutch National Detective Force, Wilbert Paulissen said Wednesday.
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Speaking at a press conference in the Netherlands, Paulissen said there was conclusive evidence that the Buk, a Russian-made missile, shot down the passenger flight, and was subsequently returned to Russian territory.
He made the comments at the release of a report by the Joint Investigation Team, a Dutch-led group of prosecutors gathering evidence for a potential criminal trial.
The findings are the first released by the group, comprised of prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine, in its criminal investigation into the downing of Flight MH17.
The Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 196 Dutch citizens.
Last year, a civilian investigation conducted by the Dutch Safety Board concluded that the Boeing aircraft was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile. But the investigation was not required to assign blame for the missile strike, and did not say who was responsible.
The widely accepted theory is that the aircraft was shot down from within territory held by Russian-backed separatists, who were engaged in heavy fighting with Ukrainian forces at the time.
On Monday, Russia’s defense ministry released radar data which it claimed refuted that theory, saying it showed that if the plane was shot down, it was done so by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian officials have not responded to the allegation.
In July, Malaysia Airlines settled damages with the families of most of the passengers killed on Flight MH17, an attorney representing some of the families confirmed.
Developing story – more to come
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6-Year-Old Asks Putin: Would Obama Save You From Drowning?
Jonathan Karl to Obama: Did Romney Have a Point About Russia?
Looking forward to asking ABC's Jonathan Karl about this when he joins us on Friday morning at 6:36 CST.
