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Trudy Rubin

Trudy Rubin: Nancy Pelosi deserves thanks for stating Washington will help Ukraine win

It was a dramatic moment for U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

Nancy Pelosi, one day after her surprise meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, told the press in Poland on Sunday: “America stands with Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine until victory is won.” For good measure, she added: “Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done.”

I’ve put those two phrases in italics because the House speaker used words the administration avoided for weeks when addressing Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine — notably "victory" and "win." And even on the rare occasion when the win word was snuck in, the level of military aid didn’t match.

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