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Incoming House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) called for arms to Ukraine to help destroy the Russian military as public officials have increasingly warned about the prospect of a “major war” between the West and Russia. CBS News asked McCaul about House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) claim that a House Republican majority would not send a “blank check” to Ukraine.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has said the commonalty of Iran and Venezuela is their resistance against the U.S. According to IRNA, following his meeting with the Venezuelan Parliament Speaker Sylvia Flores in Caracas, Thursday afternoon, and in an interview with the reporters, Mottaki said Iran and Venezuela are not in war with any state, but they will also not submit to bullying and forceful language. Mottaki noted that U.S. policies in Middle East have failed, adding that bullying and threatening is no longer effective in today’s world and the failed U.S. policies have to change....