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News Roundup 8/15/2023

by | Aug 15, 2023

News Roundup 8/15/2023

by | Aug 15, 2023

Assange

  • US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy indicated in comments to the Sydney Morning Herald that Washington might be open to a plea deal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that could keep him from being extradited and imprisoned in the United States for exposing US war crimes. AWC

Russia

  • The Biden administration on Monday announced a $200 million arms package for Ukraine using funds made available by a Pentagon “accounting error” that includes munitions for Patriot air defense systems, HIMARS rocket systems, and other equipment. AWC
  • Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has blasted President Biden over Ukraine’s stalling counteroffensive in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that was published on Sunday. AWC
  • Steven Moore, former Congressional staffer and head of the Ukraine Freedom Project, is working to keep Republican legislators committed to providing billions in arms and financial assistance to Kiev. Moore’s task is becoming more challenging as Americans turn against providing Ukraine with an endless supply of weapons and dollars. The Institute 

China

  • China on Sunday vowed it would take “strong measures” as Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te stopped in the US on his way to Paraguay, one of the few nations that has diplomatic relations with Taipei. AWC
  • President Biden will spend his first-ever Camp David summit working to form a new trilateral alliance between the US, Japan, and South Korea as part of his strategy against China in the Asia Pacific. AWC

About Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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