Promises, promises. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last year was loaded with them: from Ukraine to infrastructure, to immigration and reproductive rights.So, how did the president do in fulfilling those pledges?
POLITICO sifted through some of last year’s claims to track his progress just before he delivers what’s expected to be another policy-packed speech Tuesday night.Here’s our report card, using the following scale: success, in progress, needs improvement, fail.What Biden said: “Together with our allies, we are providing support to the Ukrainians in their fight for freedom.
Military assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance. We are giving more than a $1 billion of direct assistance to Ukraine and will continue to aid Ukrainian people as they defend their country and help ease their suffering.”“...
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