agent attack on sergei and julia y that took place in the united kingdom on march 4th. the statement made clear that we believe that russia was responsible for this attack. if iran and russia do not stop enabling and adhere to u.n. security counsel resolutions, all nations must respond more forcibly than issuing strong statements. it is time to impose serious political and economic consequences on moscow. that was h.r. mcmaster national security adviser, making the strongest comments he has made against russia during his full-time as national security advisor. that s the last thing he did publicly yesterday before we got that spade of headlines last night that he was about to be fired. h.r. mcmaster made those remarks yesterday afternoon. veteran national security reporter covered that speech and rushed back to the daily beast to file his report on mcmaster s comments. you see the headline quote, h.r. mcmaster gives the kremlin a