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Before we get into it today, I just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that Ron DeSantis’s position on Ukraine has drawn responses from all sides, from Volodymyr Zelensky to DeSantis’s own putative competitor for the 2024 nomination, Nikki Haley. The Ukrainian president told Anne Applebaum in Kyiv that the Floridian’s position was, essentially, as shortsighted as...

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