Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain and committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday the continued fighting in Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine shows “it is long past time” to provide lethal defensive weapons to the country.
“President Obama should do so immediately, rather than hide behind a failed attempt to negotiate with an aggressor when conditions on the ground render diplomacy ineffective,” the senators said in a statement Tuesday.
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