ned price. if russia chooses to fail to de-escalate or to move forward with any plans it may have developed to continue its military aggression or gross militarily upon ukraine, to violate ukraine s sovereignty, its independence, territorial integrity, we and our allies would be prepared to act? laura: he seems like a little boy rummaged through his desk closet and wearing his suit. notice the more passive turn when talking about china. the challenge china presents, but china is not 10 feet tall. is a time to speak more boldly or clearly when referring to china, the communist party and its communist ambitions? we are doing a lot of that. we will speak about our concerns but again we are in a competition with china and we don t have to be in a conflict.