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News Roundup 3/23/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 23, 2023
US News On Tuesday, the Arizona State Senate passed the Defend the Guard Act, legislation that would prohibit the deployment of Arizona’s National Guard to combat zones without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by the Constitution. AWC Russia...
News Roundup 3/22/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 22, 2023
Russia A British official has confirmed that the UK will be providing Ukraine with depleted uranium shells to be used with the British-made Challenger 2 tanks despite warnings from Russia that it would consider the use of the toxic ammunition the same as a dirty bomb....
News Roundup 3/20/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 20, 2023
Russia The White House has come out against a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow to potentially mediate between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart in Kyiv. AWC Slovakia on Friday joined Poland in pledging to...
News Roundup 3/16/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 16, 2023
Russia Russian officials on Wednesday said they intend to recover the debris of the US MQ-9 Reaper drone that was downed in the Black Sea on Tuesday after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets. AWC Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian...
News Roundup 3/15/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 15, 2023
Russia According to US European Command, a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone collided with a Russian Su-27 fighter jet, an incident that risks a major escalation of the tensions between Washington and Moscow. AWC A senior Ukrainian government official told The Washington...
News Roundup 3/13/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 13, 2023
US News The White House is asking Congress for a whopping $886.4 billion military budget for the fiscal year 2024, with $842 billion of it going to the Pentagon. The rest would go toward other federal agencies’ military spending, including the Energy Department’s...
News Roundup 3/9/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 9, 2023
US News The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is urging all of its members in the House of Representatives to vote “yes” on a Syria War Powers Resolution introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) scheduled to be voted on Wednesday. The resolution would direct...
News Roundup 3/7/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 7, 2023
US News Congress passed a law that gives defense contractors special inflation relief. Responsible Statecraft A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that would lift the embargo on Cuba to facilitate trade while maintaining other sanctions on the Cuban...
News Roundup 3/6/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 6, 2023
Russia Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday briefly talked with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in New Delhi on the sidelines of a G20 meeting, marking the first in-person meeting between the two diplomats since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. AWC...
News Roundup 2/28/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 28, 2023
Russia Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in an op-ed published on Sunday that the Western policy of pouring weapons into Ukraine could lead to “apocalypse.” AWC Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Ukraine on Monday to discuss an additional $10...
News Roundup 2/27/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 27, 2023
Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Ukraine is preparing to launch attacks to recapture Crimea by forming new military units and sending troops to train in other countries. AWC German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel...
News Roundup 2/23/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 23, 2023
Russia The UN Security Council on Tuesday held a meeting on the bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia to Germany. AWC President Biden on Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin made a “big mistake” by suspending Russia’s...
News Roundup 2/22/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 22, 2023
Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that Moscow is suspending its participation in New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia. AWC An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told POLITICO on...
News Roundup 2/21/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 21, 2023
Russia British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said London would be the first country to send long-range missiles to Kiev. Meanwhile, statements from top American and French officials indicate support for Ukraine in Washington and Paris may be weakening. AWC The White...
News Roundup 2/16/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 16, 2023
Russia The Washington Post reported on Monday that Biden administration officials say they want to help Ukraine retake as much territory as it can from Russia over the next few months before they sit down at the negotiation table with Russian President Vladimir Putin....
News Roundup 2/14/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 14, 2023
US News A government watchdog estimates nearly $200 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance payments may have been misspent. The Hill Majid Khan, a detainee at the Guantánamo Bay torture prison, was released to Belize. NPR Russia NATO Secretary-General Jens...
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COI #400: Is Diplomacy Breaking Out in the Middle East?
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2023
On COI #400, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss the war in Ukraine and developments in the Middle East. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #399: NATO Members Announce New Arms for Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 22, 2023
On COI #399, Kyle Anzalone discusses Western plans to send air defense, tanks, cluster bombs and depleted Uranium to Kiev in the coming months. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin...
COI #398: White House Opposes Ceasefire in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 20, 2023
Kyle Anzalone discusses the White House announcing that it does not want the war in Ukraine to end. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #397: Hawks Push for War with Russia After Russian Aircraft Caused American Drone to Crash
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 17, 2023
On COI #397, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover Kiev’s decision to continue sending soldiers to their death in the Bakhmut “meat grinder,” Senator Lindsey Graham’s calls for the US to begin shooting down Russian planes, Senators calling for Washington to provide...
COI #396: Biden Is Pushing the US Towards Three Major Wars
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 15, 2023
On COI #396, Kyle Anzalone discusses the possibility of war with Russia, China and North Korea. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #395: China Brokers Middle East Truce
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 13, 2023
On COI #395, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from the Middle East, China and Ukraine. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #394: Congress Votes to Indefinitely Occupy Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 10, 2023
On COI #394, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover how Washington and Seoul’s massive war games are inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon’s confirmation that Kiev is now using US precision guided bombs, Congress voting down a War Powers Resolution...
COI #393: ‘Defend the Guard’ Is Gaining Momentum in State Capitols
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 8, 2023
Hunter DeRensis returns to COI to discuss the great work done by Bring Out Troops Home. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #392: Massive War Games Push US Closer to War with North Korea
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 6, 2023
On COI #392, Kyle Anzalone breaks down joining US and South Korean war games. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6...
COI #391: The White House Fuels the Ukrainian ‘Meat Grinder’
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 3, 2023
On COI #391, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s comments that Washington is making the same mistakes it did in Afghanistan as a result of pouring tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons...
COI #390: Biden Heats Up Cold War with Russia and China guest Dave DeCamp
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 1, 2023
On COI #390, Dave DeCamp and Kyle Anzalone discuss the Joe Biden White House escalating tensions with Russia and China. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
COI #389: China Seeks to End the US Proxy War in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 27, 2023
On COI #389, Kyle Anzalone discusses the Chinese peace proposal for Ukraine. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon...
