Obama to Sign Russia Sanctions Legislation
Source: Associated Press
The White House says President Barack Obama will sign congressional legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and providing aid to Ukraine.
Spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama continues to have concerns about the bill but believes the legislation still gives him the flexibility he needs. The president is expected to sign the bill this week.
The White House had previously been noncommittal about the widely popular legislation.
Word that Obama would sign the measure comes as Russia grapples with a currency crisis driven both by the impact of previous sanctions and a drop in the price of oil.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/congress-presses-obama-russia-sanctions-27626769
William769
(55,147 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)and empty your pockets
William769
(55,147 posts)Better a cold war than...
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...and it looks like this now:
- No crowds at the airports......
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William769
(55,147 posts)I wonder what Europe would have looked like in the late 1930's had some had stepped up to the plate.
Sorry about that.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)LOL
Hey, at least McDonalds is doing good over there
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.6380949,47.8870231,3a,75y,167.5h,67.37t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s5IDdhu_DM2R196hgQ-r-fw!2e0
uhnope
(6,419 posts)Dear Leader's economy is bordering on collapse
I don't care who runs Ukraine, though I thought it bad manners for NATO and its allies to overthrown the democratically elected government there.
I also don't care much if Russia controls Crimea, what with it having been a Russian territory for hundreds of years, as I understand it.
I do care, however, about all these sanctions, because if they are successful, the Russian economy will collapse.
How does that help anyone?
Which means I support Obama to seemingly dither on bringing in any new sanctions.
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