JUDY WOODRUFF: As the peace plan was announced, Ukraine also got good news from the International Monetary Fund. It agreed to finance a new bailout deal worth $17.5 billion to shore up the country’s battered finances.
GWEN IFILL: The United States Senate has confirmed Ashton Carter to be the next secretary of defense. The vote today was 93-5, with strong backing from both parties. The 60-year-old Carter will be President Obama’s fourth Pentagon chief in six years. He succeeds Chuck Hagel, who held the job for less than two years.
JUDY WOODRUFF: European Union leaders unanimously agreed today on far-reaching measures to …read more
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