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No one should doubt our resolve. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the Defense Department will permanently shut down the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, a Navy fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked massive amounts of petroleum into Pearl Harbors tap water. The leak allegedly caused illness in a reported 6,000 people if not more. The department said it will remove all the spilled fuel. The Supreme Court announced without comment that it would not review Bill Cosbys sexual assault case, formally freeing Cosby and ending two decades of legal drama that led the entertainer to be sent to prison for several years after a 2018 conviction. United States officials had the first high-level discussions with Venezuela since 2019, with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying that he agreed to future talks. Last Saturday night, a delegation from the government of the United States of America arrived in Venezuela, I received it here at the presidential palace, Maduro said. We had a meeting, I could describe it as respectful, cordial, very diplomatic. The U.S. broke off relations with Maduro in 2019. Tuesday, March 8 President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is banning all imports of oil and gas from Russia which Biden referred to as the main artery of Russias economy in a move to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putins war machine, Biden said. Biden called on Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide better health benefits and medical care for U.S. military veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and returned with illnesses like respiratory conditions and cancers related to exposure from burn pits, or large holes dug in the ground in which waste from nearby military bases was dumped and burned. Bidens son Beau Biden died in 2015 of a rare brain cancer after serving in Iraq. During a congressional hearing, U.S. intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, said Russian forces are facing setbacks in their invasion of Ukraine and stressed that Putins plan to install a puppet government in Kyiv is unlikely to succeed due to strong Ukrainian resistance, though they also said Putin is likely to escalate the conflict in the coming weeks. The first trial among hundreds arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol ended with the conviction of Guy Wesley Reffitt, 49, of Texas, for storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun, as well as for interfering with police officers who were guarding the Capitol, obstructing an official proceeding, and obstructing justice for threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement after the attack. The U.S. rejected Polands offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine via a U.S. airbase in Germany, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby arguing that the prospect of the jets flying from a U.S.-NATO base into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it. Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly appealed to allied nations for more warplanes. Wednesday, March 9 Congress approved a $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine, $10 billion beyond what the White House requested, while also passing legislation to ban U.S. imports of Russian oil. The package allocates roughly $6.5 billion to the Pentagon for military assistance and about $6.7 billion to refugee assistance and economic aid to allies. The House approved an omnibus $1.5 trillion bill to keep the federal government operating through Sept. 30. Biden issued an executive order to ensure the responsible development of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets in the U.S., although analysts say the order is vague and provides no blueprint for enforcement. Thursday, March 10 New Census Bureau data showed Black people, Latinos, and Native Americans were undercounted during the 2020 national census. The bureau said the census historically overcounts white people and undercounts people of color. The Native Americans, Native Alaskan and Latino counts were likely 5% too low, while more than 3% of Black people were not included in the count. Meanwhile, Asians were overcounted, the bureau said. Vice President Kamala Harris held a joint news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda at which she stressed that the U.S. and Poland are united on policy towards Ukraine despite the U.S. rejecting Polands offer to transfer its fighter jets through an American airbase in Germany to Ukraine. I want to be very clear: the United States and Poland are united in what we have done and are prepared to do to help Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, full stop, Harris said. Friday, March 11 Biden announced that the U.S., in coordination with its NATO allies, the European Union and the G7, revoked Russias most favored nation status, downgrading Russias trading status and allowing the U.S. to impose higher tariffs on Russian products. Biden issued a presidential declaration officially designating Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, giving the Gulf country economic and military privileges in its relationship with the U.S. Biden said the declaration was long overdue. The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg; 10 people on the board of Russias second largest money lender VTB Bank; 12 members of the Duma, which is Russias lower house of parliament; and three family members of Putins spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Saturday, March 12 The White House approved an additional $200 million in arms and equipment for Ukraine following urgent requests from Zelenskyy. This arms package includes Javelin antitank missiles and Stinger antiaircraft missiles and follows a $350 million arms package that was approved last month. The Biden administration has authorized $1.2 billion in weapons for Ukraine in the past year. Sunday, March 13 The New York Times reported on anonymous officials claims that Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine. 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