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The European Union has done a lot to increase tensions in Europe, including by creating the Eastern Partnership initiative, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperso

To iranian efforts to kind of increase tensions or ratchet up violence from lebanon to yemen to syria to iraq? >> sure. well, what iran would do first is try to hit the u.s. with one of the types of options, stay away from going into an all-out conflict. if iran launches a terrorist attack, we might hit a terrorist training camp inside of iran. if iran hits more gulf -- launches missiles at our ships, we might start hitting the various missiles iran launched at our ships or from the sites from w...

Iran is much more capable than syria. it has missiles it can launch at the gulf. it has missiles it can hit our ships with. it has various proxies in iraq and syria and the middle east and can launch terror attacks against the u.s. ambassador and other facilities. iran might decide we dont want to get into a major conflict with the united states or it might decide to retaliate and respond, in which case we could be off to the races. i think that is the real danger. >> what would the united state...

Results. secretary of state john kerry met with the russian foreign minister for five hours this morning in london. and had this to say afterwards. >> if russia does establish facts on the ground that inthat increase tensions or letten the ukrainian people, are will be costs. >> they have been performing military drills. back at the white house president obama met with irelands prime minister ahead of st. patricks day with both leaders. luck on their side in defusing the escalating situation. >>...