senator young. >> mr. secretary, thank you. i appreciate your stamina. you have been here for quite a while. i want to let you know how much i appreciate -- i have to say since you have taken this position, the interaction of our office with the staff and you individually markedly improved and i'm appreciative of that. one of the axioms of diplomatic or military strategy is it -- you want do unite your allies and divide your enemies. and as i see it this is one of the thing that is vladimir putin has been succeeding in doing. he seeks to divide and weaken nato, for example. he wants to divide the american people. and the more we make russia's meddling in our own elections a partisan issue i think the more