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The White House released the hold on nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine on September 11, just as scrutiny over Trump’s pressure campaign on Kyiv was beginning to harden into a full-blown political crisis. The timing made the move look less like policy and more like a scramble to stop the bleeding.
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The White House released the hold on nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine on September 11, just as scrutiny over Trump’s pressure campaign on Kyiv was beginning to harden into a full-blown political crisis. The timing made the move look less like policy and more like a scramble to stop the bleeding.
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The White House released the hold on nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine on September 11, just as scrutiny over Trump’s pressure campaign on Kyiv was beginning to harden into a full-blown political crisis. The timing made the move look less like policy and more like a scramble to stop the bleeding.
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