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Nicholas Goldberg: Is it time to wind down the war in Ukraine and start peace talks?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the U.S. Congress flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.

There's been a lot of uplifting, we're-in-it-to-win-it language used about the Ukraine war recently. The message being sent is that the United States is committed for the long haul and won't abandon its friends to a brutal aggressor like Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It's a moving display of solidarity, including last week's visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House — especially since it comes against the backdrop of 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers and 40,000 civilians killed or wounded, according to the Pentagon, since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

"We will stay with you for as long as.

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