call? listen, we re told by senior administration official that the president is going to make clear to vladimir putin once again the costs that the u.s. will impose on russia if it decides to move forward with an invasion of ukraine. something u.s. intelligence officials are not sure whether or not vladimir putin has made that decision yet. but it s important, i think, to look at this call tomorrow, not in the context of a single call which again was requested by vladimir putin, the russian leader in this case, but in the context of the broader u.s./russia diplomacy that s happening right now. it comes a few weeks after vladimir putin and joe biden had that video conference call and just two weeks less than two weeks before u.s. and russian officials are set to meet to speak together beginning january 10th for a series of security dialogue meetings. and so i think this is going to be an important step to determine what kind of progress can be achieved during those security talks b