acted to strengthen the ability of ukraine to defend her soil by supplying anti armour missiles and applying a small training team of british personnel in addition to the work of operation orbital which is trained 21,000 ukrainian troops since 2015. yesterday we took the precaution of temporarily withdrawing some stuff and dependence from the british embassy in kyiv though i emphasise the embassy open and will continue to provide consular assistance for british nationals in ukraine and i am particularly grateful for the dedication of our ambassador in kyiv. i commend our nato allies for the steps they have taken to protect the steps they have taken to protect the eastern flank of the alliance. denmark is sending a frigate to the baltic and applying for planes to lithuania. the applying deploying
tomorrow. as the nation celebrates the holiday weekend and remembers the sacrifice of fallen service members, president biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. during his remarks, president biden recalled the death of his son, beau, who earned the rank of major in the delaware national guard before succumbing to brain cancer in 2015. yesterday marked the anniversary of his death. and it s a hard time, a hard time of year for me and our family, just like it is for so many of you. it can hurt to remember. but the hurt is how we feel and how we heal. as hard as it is to believe, i promise you this. the day will come when the image of your loved one will bring a
millstone around the neck of your colleagues like rick heller or jeff flake who themselves are facing tough elections this year. i don t think people like being told what to do by anybody. i think primarily alabama voters don t want to be told what to do and they resist outsiders telling them what to do. i think that s true in a lot of different states so that s probably the take-home message there. as far as whether any one person is to blame, i think people are unhappy we didn t keep our promise, which is repeal, but i don t necessarily blame that on senator mcconnell. he blamed it on all the repeal. but i think the people who voted for repeal in 2015 do need to go back to their states and explain to people why they couldn t vote for an identical bill in 2017 that they voted for in 2015. yesterday president trump talked again about what he called the second option when he said it was one to use and
security acknowledges a young man deported by trump administration had valid u.s. status. 23-year-old juan cortez was the first d.r.e.a.m.er to be deported. his protective status had expired in 2015. yesterday they reversed saying his status was valid until 2018. in an interview at fox news, attorney general jeff sessions defended the administration s deportation policies but a lawyer for montez fought back. daca is not being targeted. i don t know why this individual was picked up. everybody in the country illegally is subject to being deported. people come here and stay here a few years. somehow they think they re not subject to being deported. well, they are. it is confusing and we need answers. that s the attorney general, the top lawyer for the country giving contradictory remarks.