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Speaking Freely With Annette Newell

Mar 22, 2022

Tobias Read, Oregon’s current state Treasurer, is also a democratic candidate for Oregon Governor. In this extra long podcast episode, he tells us about his public service career, his work as Oregon's State Treasurer, and why he wants to be Oregon’s next Governor.  The questions I ask include:

This is a time when...


Mar 15, 2022

President Biden, announced new sanctions,  intended to continue crippling Russia’s economy, to retaliate against Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. This, coming amid another week of devastation and tragedy, in Ukraine.

Among the many watching on, anxiously and in horror, was Sergiv Greblov an international student from...


Mar 9, 2022

As the standoff deepens between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine, people are worried about the two great nuclear powerhouses of the world facing off.  The U.S. and Russia control more than 90%, of the world’s nuclear weapons.  In the next couple weeks, President Joe Biden planned to release his nuclear posture...


Mar 1, 2022

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said President Joe Biden and his counterparts have agreed to send parts of the organization’s response force, to help protect allies in the east over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  He insists the Kremlin’s objectives are not limited to Ukraine.  After chairing a...