Talks on Ukraine would pose challenge of their own for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) ??" President Joe Biden said this week the U. S. would take a more direct role in diplomacy to address Vladimir Putin's concerns over Ukraine and Europe at large, part of a broader effort to dissuade the Russian leader from ordering a destabilizing new invasion of Ukraine. But any negotiations to peacefully resolve Europe's tangled East-West rivalries will present minefields all their own for the U. S. president. Administration officials have suggested that the U. S. will press...
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