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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine

Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains

Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from the unit of the mobile air defense group, shoot down enemy drones in Ukraine.
Photograph: Getty Images

“AMERICANS CAN ALWAYS be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities.” There is no evidence that Winston Churchill ever uttered this phrase, which is often attributed to him. But if he had been watching Congress on April 20th, he might well have.

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