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US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address that Ukraine is capable of stopping Putin if the US provides Kyiv the "weapons it needs to defend itself." SOUNDBITE
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urges members of the US Congress to approve a Ukraine aid package. "We should be standing up for freedom, standing up for the right of this country to defend itself and making sure that Putin doesn't win," he says while on a visit to Bulgaria. The Republican leader of the US House of Representatives blocked war aid for Ukraine on February 13, ignoring President Joe Biden's plea that passing the bill was vital for standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin. SOUNDBITE
The White House applauds the adoption of the foreign aid legislation and urges the US lower House to approve the long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war efforts against Russia. "The president urges the House to send this legislation to his desk immediately so that he can sign it into law," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump urges Americans to move beyond the angry partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans in his State of the Union address to Congress. SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump called the Senate vote on health care "a big step" Tuesday, after the Senate voted to proceed with a debate on Republican plans to repeal Barack Obama's health care reforms. SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump vows to finish off the Obamacare "catastrophe", after the House of Representatives narrowly voted to repeal and replace it. SOUNDBITE