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Lawmakers approved a giant new tranche of support for Ukraine late last night after a tortured passage through the U.S. Congress, where it was nearly derailed by right-wing resistance in the House.

Marc Santora, a Times reporter in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, explains what effect the money could have, given Ukraine’s increasing desperation on the battlefield.

Guest: Marc Santora, who covers Ukraine for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The aid package drew overwhelming bipartisan support, reflecting broad consensus.
• The vote to resume U.S. military support was met with relief in Ukraine.

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Robert is joined by Chelsea Manning to discuss the bastardly history of United States and Panama.

FOOTNOTES:

1.    https://www.amazon.com/Emperors-Jungle-American-Encounters-Interactions/dp/0822330989

2.    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-22-mn-6183-story.html

3.    https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/manuel-noriega-a-thug-of-a-different-era

4.    https://www.americanheritage.com/content/panama-holiday

5.    https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-to-clean-up-race-test-chemical-weapon-relics-on-panama-island/3007758.article

6.    https://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/1386 

7.    http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit8_4.pdf

8.    https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/americas-devious-dream-roosevelt-and-the-panama-canal/

9.    https://www.americanheritage.com/content/panama-holiday

10. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.2968/058004014 

11. https://www.npr.org/2015/06/22/415194765/u-s-troops-tested-by-race-in-secret-world-war-ii-chemical-experiments 

12. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2016/1/31/the-truth-behind-us-operation-just-cause-in-panama

13. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/12/our-forgotten-invasion-panama-key-understanding-us-foreign-policy-today/

14. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/panama-noriega-operation-just-cause-reagan-imperialism

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