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    Ukraine Cease-Fire Hopes Exceed Expectations
    Feb12

    Ukraine Cease-Fire Hopes Exceed Expectations

    Brussels Beat: European leaders recognize that the agreement could be rendered as meaningless as the previous cease-fire deal. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Watch:  Powerball Winners to Split $564 Million; Ceasefire Reached Between Russia, Ukraine; Obama Signs Clay Hunt SAV Act
    Feb12

    Watch: Powerball Winners to Split $564 Million; Ceasefire Reached Between Russia, Ukraine; Obama Signs Clay Hunt SAV Act

    Three Powerball lottery winners to split $564 million; Ceasefire reached between Russia, Ukraine; Obama signs Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act. …read more Source: ABC...

    Leaders Comment on Minsk Agreement
    Feb12

    Leaders Comment on Minsk Agreement

    The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, the main players in the cease-fire negotiations in Minsk, discuss the talks. …read more Source: The New York...

    Watch:  Ceasefire Deal a ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for Eastern Ukraine
    Feb12

    Watch: Ceasefire Deal a ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for Eastern Ukraine

    Ukraine and Russia agree to peace deal after marathon negotiations in Minsk, Belarus. …read more Source: ABC...

    US Sends A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft To Germany, Just As Ukraine Ceasefire Signed
    Feb12

    US Sends A-10 Thunderbolt II Aircraft To Germany, Just As Ukraine Ceasefire Signed

    As a new ceasefire for East Ukraine was signed on Thursday, in an attempt to end the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebeles, the United States is sending to Europe a warplane that was designed during the Cold War for one purpose: to destroy Russian tanks in Europe. …read more Source: International Business...

    In Ukraine, Few Have Faith Truce Will Hold
    Feb12

    In Ukraine, Few Have Faith Truce Will Hold

    Skepticism ran high in Kiev and the country’s war-torn east that the latest cease-fire deal would bring little more than a pause before more bloodletting. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    News Analysis: Ukraine Cease-Fire Leaves Control of Eastern Border Unsettled
    Feb12

    News Analysis: Ukraine Cease-Fire Leaves Control of Eastern Border Unsettled

    The Minsk accord sets no deadline for the withdrawal of Russian forces, weapons and equipment from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...

    Senate Confirms Ashton Carter As Secretary Of Defense
    Feb12

    Senate Confirms Ashton Carter As Secretary Of Defense

    WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama’s next secretary of defense. Carter, 60, who was approved in a 93-5 vote, served as deputy defense secretary, the Pentagon’s No. 2 position, from 2011 to 2013. He was also the Defense...

    This is the simplest explanation of why Putin is so opposed to NATO
    Feb12

    This is the simplest explanation of why Putin is so opposed to NATO

    Putin’s suspicion of NATO can be boiled down to one simple explanation: geography. At the height of the Cold War and the Soviet Union’s power, the USSR and its allied Warsaw Pact countries encompassed half of Europe and almost the entirety of Central Asia. But after the demise of the USSR in 1989, lands once within Moscow’s...

    Ash Carter confirmed as new U.S. defense secretary
    Feb12

    Ash Carter confirmed as new U.S. defense secretary

    The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice to run the Pentagon, handing Ash Carter the unenviable task of steering the military as the United States confronts Islamic State militants, conflict in Ukraine and other worldwide threats. The vote in the Republican-controlled Senate was 93-5. Carter will replace Chuck Hagel,...