Rice Says U.S. Will ‘Play a Role’ in Financing Ukraine Recovery

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White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice said the U.S. will work with European partners to help finance Ukraine’s economic recovery, while warning Russia that any insertion of its troops would be “a grave mistake.”

With Ukraine’s president in hiding and its future uncertain after months of protests and a fragile peace agreement, Rice delivered a two-pronged message in a televised interview today, pledging assistance for a transitional government while urging a cessation of violence by both sides.

If Russian President Vladimir Putin sends troops into Ukraine, “that would be a grave mistake,” Rice said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. “It’s not in the interests of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or of the United States to see the country split. It’s in nobody’s interest to see violence return and the situation escalate.”

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"They need to reform and they need financing,” Rice said of a transition government. “The United States will play a role, along with our partners in Europe.”

She said the International Monetary Fund would be a key player in any financing agreement, and that Russia also may participate.

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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-23/rice-says-u-dot-s-dot-will-play-a-role-in-financing-ukraine-recovery

[RB TexLa]

1. I would hope no one would think we would disengage from Eastern Europe

[GeorgeGist]

5. One could hope that 'we' give up on the Superpower shtick.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

7. That would be a dumb and globally destabilizing move

For the U.S. to abandon its European allies.

[SummerSnow]

2. Oh boy, the ATM that is the U.S.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

9. On a related note, Fannie Mae is almost done paying back U.S. treasury

Just like the banks have been paying back their bailouts.

[msanthrope]

3. Excellent. Vlady can keep Comrade Eddie as a consolation prize. nt

[bemildred]

4. OK. nt

[FarCenter]

6. And what does Boehner say -- an appropriation is unlikely to get through the House.

Ukraine will have to sell its soul to the IMF.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. You would be wrong

Just like you've been wrong on Obamacare.