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House Progressive Caucus calls for diplomatic track with Russia
1:07:01 - 1:12:46 (05:44)
The House Progressive Caucus sent a letter signed by 30 members to suggest opening up a diplomatic track with Russia while continuing funding to Ukraine on a virtually unlimited basis to mitigate against the threat of being drawn into a nuclear war. Representative Rokana stood by the letter, while many of the other signatories recanted after facing fierce reactions from social and traditional media.
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The House Progressive Caucus put out a letter signed by 30 members suggesting opening a diplomatic track with Russia in parallel to the virtually unlimited support given to Ukraine to mitigate against the threat of the US being drawn into a nuclear war.
1:07:01 - 1:10:18 (03:16)
Summary
The House Progressive Caucus put out a letter signed by 30 members suggesting opening a diplomatic track with Russia in parallel to the virtually unlimited support given to Ukraine to mitigate against the threat of the US being drawn into a nuclear war. Though the letter met with fierce reactions, Representative Rokana stood tall and defended diplomacy by saying politics makes for strange bedfellows, and we should negotiate peace a little more firmly to achieve the correct foreign policy.
ChapterHouse Progressive Caucus calls for diplomatic track with Russia
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The fear of diplomacy in the Ukrainian war arises as those who want a certain outcome from the war are worried that diplomacy might result in something less than that.
1:10:18 - 1:12:46 (02:28)
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The fear of diplomacy in the Ukrainian war arises as those who want a certain outcome from the war are worried that diplomacy might result in something less than that. This fear is the reason behind the absence of diplomacy in parallel with arming Ukraine, as per the speaker.