strength, we win. without a war. it is when we doddle that putin takes advantage. the gas pipeline that is done and full and ready, you know, for the spigot to be turned on if you will, how does that play into all of this? it appears to me listening to the white house, jake sullivan saying, well, it gives us a lot of leverage because if they invade ukraine, the west will cut it off. and russia sees it the other way as it having leverage because the thing is complete. i think that the administration s decision to wave sanctions on nord stream two was one of the great foreign policy mistakes. and in fact we have seen an increasingly weak white house position on this subject. sullivan said not long ago, if russia goes into ukraine, they may lose nord stream two. even questioning he s quibbling about that.
john: now republican congressman mike gallagher from wisconsin and retired marine corp captain. thanks for your service. your thoughts of what we know so tar about the call between presidents biden and putin? i hope we will hear specifics from this administration. it s clear to me their posture is collapsing. i think the decision to wave sanctions on nord stream 2 emboldened vladimir putin. it was a gift to vladimir putin to make europeans dependent for russia for energy production. they are considering dangerous changes to our nuclear policy and the summer summit that putin and biden had earlier was
testimony today. many democrats are very concerned about the process the administration is taking over the last week. first, going to the united nations security council before they came to the american people and now not disclosing first the existence and now the content of the agreements. many democrats are concerned on the kro ses grounds and what the contents may say and what the administration conceded in terms of disclosure of iran s past military dimensions of the nuclear program and inspections at the military site. , so senator what would you expect to happen today? if after a closed session with secretary kerry he does not outline what is in this agreement with the iaea. what is going what is the next step? under federal law, as passed by congress earlier this year the administration has 60 days in which they can t wave sanctions until they submit all agreements. that includes any agreement between iran and the iaea. my position is the president cannot waive sanctions un