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History. but thats not because mans darkest impulses have vanished. even here in europe. weve seen ethnic cleansing in the balkans that shocked the conscious. the difficulties of integration and globalization recently amplified by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes strained the european project. and stirred the rise of a politics that too often targets immigrants or gays or those who seem somehow different. well, technology has opened up vast opportunities for trade and innovation and cu...

Long supported european integration as a force for peace and for prosperity. and europes progress rests on basic principles, including respect for international law, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations. thats what russia violated when its military action against ukraine. the united states and europe stand united on this issue. were united in our support for ukraine and for the need to provide economic assistance to help stabilize its economy. were united in our commit...

>> how do you get that support? >> the challenge, of course, of sanctions here is the europeans are so dependent on the russians for their gas and oil. >> the europeans have said if it begins to move in -- youre right. french have been the caboose of the sanctions. >> there have been good articles of devastating not only to germany, also to london, a lot of -- >> what is so interesting about this is this is -- one of the first crises of the modern world and what we are seeing because of the degr...

Getting closer. we have the first round of sanctions against political figures and symbolic and now going after the financial and bus cronies and one of the banks and beginning to have some effect. central credit cards central to the operation of lives of people in russia shut down in connection with that bank. this is not the end of it and see what the european do and the question is how far do you go now? the president warned yesterday, its not just us inflicting pain on russia. some of this w...

Further assistant -- assistance offers? >> we have had offers potentially from other countries for military assets. the distance to the search area lends itself to certain types of aircraft that have long-range and marine search capabilities. we are working to facilitate the provision of that assistance from other nations that are able to support. [ indiscernible question ] >> we continue to work with those nations that can assist. >> have the chinese offered formally? >> we are aware of the chi...

Consumption, at least for the day its working well for him. >> sure. no doubt. he is a hero in russia. he is a hero in crimea. but im not sure that this is going to be all peaches and cream for vladimir putin. think of what he has done. he said that even a makeshift referendum -- russia will respect the will of the people. there are some very restive states wind greater russia that are watching this carefully and saying, self-determination for crimea, what about chechneya. so he might have opene...

Offers from other countries for military assets the distance to the search area lends it self to certain types of aircraft that have long range and marine search radar capabilities its a long way after australian mainland were working through defense channels to facilitate those channels if other nations are able to support. >> we continue to work with those nations to see how they can assist. >> were aware of the chinese taking an interesting in searching in the southern area. we continue to wo...

Can assist. >> the chinese -- >> we are aware of the chinese taking an interest in searching in the southern area, but we continue to work with nations to facilitate their integration into the current situation. >> we provide regular briefings for the countries that are involved in this search. including in the rescue coordination center. where attaches come in on a daily basis so we can keep them informed about what is going on. >> in the specific area, you will continue to search in the area -...

Election right in may, that it produces a legitimate government, it produces a government that can rise above some of the zero-sum politics of the past. yanukovych on one side but can they produce a government that more ukrainians will believe in, more ukrainians will support and than you have crimea looking backward but you have ukraine looking forward and really earnestly work on this greater integration between the e.u. and ukraine economically. obviously yk took nato politics out of the equa...

Country around this sort of zenophobia, so hes gaining from this. he lemented the break of the old sovi soviet union, but it was a different world than it is in the 1980s and part of the reason why this is so complicated is the integration of the economies of the world and particularly of europe and russia. which makes this whole sanctions game a lot more challenging. so i have huge respect for mike mcfall. but i do think that it was a little hiber bolick. >> well, were obviously waiting to see ...