overall effort. we didn't do this alone. we are doing this with partners and allies and therein lies one of the most important pieces. russia is isolating itself. only has one or two people out there -- countries out there paying attention. china, maybe india. i suspect india won't be quiet much longer. >> you have an unclassified briefing from the administration as the crisis in ukraine escalated and another one next week. what do you feel like the most critical things to learn from that and the big questions that still remain for you on where this goes next and the responsibility on congress to do something here? >> responsibility on congress comes first in my mind. i don't understand why we have not passed the sanction bill of our own. some of it may not -- some of what has been done has been done without the authority of congress. others need to be done but we