very important steps forward that happened at this nato summit? senator risch, it was an incredibly productive summit. from my conversations, he said it was among the most productive he has been a part of. he s been doing this for a while. you talked about the 430 squad, the 30 naval combatants ready to go in 30 days, something nato has not been able to do for quite some time. there s now a real commitment and we have to follow through to make sure the implementation occurs. it would be a great thing to deter russia if we can get the countries and our allies to get to that level. you talked about the increase in burden sharing that seemed to get all the focus. it is certainly important. that the europeans are as committed to deterring russia as the united states of america and need to demonstrate that through the defense, not only dollars but readiness as well. we have seen reports about the absence of german readiness. they need to truly be ready.
their objectives for this process. so to continue the score analogy, which is sometimes dangerous, what does the president need? what does secretary pompeo need to cha that? if kim leaves with a healthy lead in deliverables, which he has there is no question about that there is n wrong with that if you get what you want later in the protscess. what is that? in the short term, it s the v word, which is verification. that was as basic as it got going back to ronald reagan, obviously with the sovunion, and even before that. that is something that you can bet is going to be required if there ends up being an actual deal, because i was up with senator risch of idaho who is eventually going to be republican head of the foreign relations committee, and he says that he and diane feinstein have got an agreement from the white house that there will be senate observers in any negotiation so
200. all nations and all people will be harmed if we allow assad to normalize the use of chemical weapons. that was u.s. ambassador nikki hayley condemning russia s support of syrian president barbal ar al assad saying there is proof last week s attack against innocent civilians was indeed a chemical attack. last week they had a high level of confidence that syria was responsible for the attack. syria denied it. and russia is now claiming that the attack was stage asked directed by britain. the uk is calling that a blatant lie. it is a not conservible where britain would be involved in something like that. joining me, about risch any could have been. the last to have interviewed bashar al assad. you showed him photographs of
projects. section 228, mandatory sanctions with respect to certain transactions with foreign sanctions evaders, serious human rights abuses. section 231, mandatory sanctions with respect to persons engaging in transactions with the intelligence and defense sectors of the government of the russian federation. there are more. that s not a robust response to russia. thank you. before i turn to senator risch, i want to welcome senator king to the i would like for the people of maine to know he does this often when things are serious. he comes and actually list tons the testimony. we thank you for doing so, senator risch. thank you very much. mike, thank you for your service at intel. at the cia. that s been great. for those of you on the committee, senator rubio and i are the only two who have the cross pollenization, i guess, we have the great privilege of