Obama, Merkel rally behind diplomacy in Ukraine conflict

Obama, Merkel rally behind diplomacy in Ukraine conflict

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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel rallied behind efforts to reach a long-shot diplomatic resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine Monday, but they offered no clear path for how the West would proceed if talks this week fail.

 

During a joint White House news conference, Obama dangled the prospect that the U.S. could for the first time send anti-tank weapons and other defensive arms to Ukraine.

 

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