President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the United States will be sending 31 advanced tanks to Ukraine, in an effort to unlock similar moves all over Europe. This decision was made after Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented potential solutions to the issue, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had argued for weeks that it did not make sense for the U.S. to send the tanks. The tanks are expected to arrive in Ukraine in the coming weeks, and will help them punch through entrenched Russian lines and fuel an advance on Russia’s land bridge to annexed Crimea.
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Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney co-founded the Children's Television Workshop in 1968, which produced the beloved children's show "Sesame Street". Morrisett served as chairman of the board of trustees for 30 years before becoming a Lifetime Honorary Trustee. His work on the show sought to help address complicated and sometimes painful issues that children often face, such as racism, addiction and homelessness. Sesame Workshop tweeted that Morrisett "was a true visionary and a champion for children everywhere".
The international community is on high alert after a warning from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that a conventional war in Ukraine could provoke a nuclear conflict. Medvedev made the threat in a Telegram post ahead of a key meeting of NATO allies and other nations in Germany, where they are expected to make additional pledges of military support to Kyiv
Germany and the United States are at odds over whether to send tanks to Ukraine ahead of a key meeting of western defense leaders in Germany on Friday, with the US wanting to send their M1 Abrams tanks and Germany wanting to send their Leopard tanks. The Biden administration is hoping to find a way to break the impasse and reach a compromise between the two sides before the meeting of defense leaders. Defense officials say one priority of Friday's Ukraine Defense Contact Group is pressuring Germany to give or allow other countries to commit German-made leopard tanks to Ukraine.
The Pentagon has formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, via legislation signed into law on December 23rd. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed a new memo…