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International Law
Country:
United States
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Article ID:
69
Title:
H.R. McMaster says coming months are "really critical" for Ukraine
Author:
Kaia Hubbard
Date:
November 24, 2904
Source:
CBS News
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many of Trump's key selection for top posts in his administration — Rep. Mike Waltz for national security adviser and Sens. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and JD Vance for Vice President — haven't been supportive of providing continued assistance to Ukraine, or have advocated for a negotiated end to the war. McMaster said the dynamic is "a real problem" and delivers a "psychological blow to the Ukrainians."...McMaster said he's hopeful that Trump's picks, and the president-elect himself, will "begin to see the quite obvious connections between the war in Ukraine and this axis of aggressors that are doing everything they can to tear down the existing international order." He cited the North Korean soldiers fighting on European soil in the first major war in Europe since World War II, the efforts China is taking to "sustain Russia's war-making machine," and the drones and missiles Iran has provided as part of the broader picture. "So I think what's happened is so many people have taken such a myopic view of Ukraine, and they've misunderstood Putin's intentions and how consequential the war is to our interests across the world," McMaster said...Trump has tapped former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence, who has been criticized for her views on Russia and other U.S. adversaries. McMaster said Sunday that Gabbard has a "fundamental misunderstanding" about what motivates Putin. More broadly, McMaster said he "can't understand" the Republicans who "tend to parrot Vladimir Putin's talking points," saying "they've got to disabuse themselves of this strange affection for Vladimir Putin."
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