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3/16/22 – US onAir

3/16/22 - US onAir

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UKRAINE…Zelensky to deliver virtual address to U.S. Congress
CNN, March 16, 2022 – 10:00 am (ET)

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/gas-prices-biden/index.html

UKRAINE…Zelenskyy recalls Pearl Harbor, 9/11 in heartfelt plea for U.S. aid
Politico, Samuel Benson et al.March 16, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked historically potent attacks on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor and on Sept. 11, 2001, pleading with Congress for additional military aid as his nation fights to repel a Russian invasion.

“Ladies and gentlemen, friends, Americans, in your great history, you have pages that allow you to understand Ukrainians now,” Zelenskyy, who spoke for most of his remarks through a translator, told U.S. lawmakers. “Remember Pearl Harbor, the terrible morning of December 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Remember Sept. 11, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities independent territories into battlefield.”

“Our country experiences the same every day, right now, at this moment, every night for three weeks now.”

PRESIDENT BIDEN…delivers remarks on providing additional U.S. support to Ukraine
Politico, March 16, 2022 – 1:00 pm (ET)

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/zelenskyy-recalls-pearl-harbor-9-11-in-plea-for-u-s-aid-00017698

BIDEN…sending more anti-aircraft systems, drones to Ukraine
Associated Press, Lisa MascaroMarch 16, 2022

President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. is sending more anti-aircraft, anti-armor weapons and drones to Ukraine to assist in its defense against Russia, announcing the help after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the U.S. and other Western nations to do more in an emotional speech to Congress.

The president’s comments came as he formally announced his administration was sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, making a total of $2 billion in such aid sent to Kyiv since Biden took office more than a year ago. About $1 billion in aid has been sent in just the last week. Biden said the new assistance includes 800 Stinger anti-aircraft systems, 100 grenade launchers, 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenade launchers and mortar rounds and an unspecified number of drones.

Federal Reserve chair Powell gives update on federal interest rate policy
Associated Press, March 16, 2022 – 2:30 pm (ET)

https://apnews.com/article/japan-earthquakes-tsunamis-1e5f510a574d31d6c2048c8c98a3b47b

CHINA ….Possible Chinese responses to Russian invasion of Ukraine
Politico, Samuel Benson et al.,

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/zelenskyy-recalls-pearl-harbor-9-11-in-plea-for-u-s-aid-00017698

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