hour long phone call with russian president vladimir putin. he urged talks between russia and ukraine. the call came hours after the u.s. slapped new sanctions on individuals responsible for russia s military actions. even as the ink dried on the first set of sanctions washington ratcheted up the debate. here s one proposal. it calls for the u.s. and its allies to boycott the upcoming g-8 summit in sochi, russia and consider expelling russia from the g-8. it calls for more sanctions on banks, state agencies. our next guest is a co-sponsor of that legislation, congressman good to see you. how much support do you expect for these sanctions specifically and more sanctions in general? it was interesting in the debate before the committee we ended up with the unanimous vote
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in the last six months where the president has told people, if you don t do what i say, there will be consequences and nothing s happened. you are in the middle of a republican primary, back in your state? exactly. you say the word benghazi, it is red meat for the republican base. you know that. why. republicans and independents want it no more. this isn t about primary politics back home? everything i have done has been about what i think is best for the country. i think it s best to find the truth about benghazi. when my primary is over and i m going to win, i m going to still be on benghazi. what is fascinating is that despite the partisan divide you just heard there, which is very deep, over the reason for the crisis in the ukraine, there s a surprising similarity among republicans and democrats about what to do about it now. boycotting the g8 summit in
allies, steps like expanding our i have auation detachment in poland and our contributions to the baltic air policing mission. this is on top of other steps that the united states has already taken. steps like suspending our bilateral discussions with russia and trade and investment. suspending u.s./russia military engagement. and suspending preparations for the g-8 summit in sochi. now, as i said yesterday in kiev, and as president obama has said as well, and as i said to foreign minister lavrov today, russia made a choice. and we have clearly stated that we believe it is the wrong choice, that it is the choice to move troops into crimea. russia can now choose to de-escalate this situation and we are committed to working with russia. and together with our friends and allies, in an effort to
come along to we can do something to try to squeeze putin. the first thing do you in a crisis like, this you do the things that are within your control. the things you absolutely can do. he was right to say i m not going to go to the g-8. the second thing he should have done was he immediately should have sent somebody to poland and the czech republic and reestablished the nuclear defense treaty. that would have been a shot right in the you know what to putin. the russians are deathly afraid of an american defense shield. it gained us our treaty with gorbachev. the give up nuclear defense shield as an act of kindness. act of trying to be accommodating to the russians. when they announced they were going to re-set the relationship. well, they did re-set the relationship and the relationship is much worse for us.
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