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Program in poland and conduct military exercises in the baltic states. i would probably spend a few thousand more troops into germa germany. vladimir putin would get the message. the reason its important we know the generals name is because russia is in syria right now because the head of the force traveled to russia and taught vladimir putin into aligning themselves with iran and syria to property up bashar al assad. russia is a bad actor but vladimir putin is someone we should not talk to beca...

>> i want to mark that anti-missile rocket complex is of entirely defensive nature. it is not designed to attack and will not threaten security of any region including israel. >> so larry in this one op-ed i read this morning, "wall street journal" editorial, vladimir putin blew a geopolitical raspberry at the obama administration sunday but authorized the sale of the missile to iran. what does this do to the deal? >> i agreement im more crass. i would say they raised a certain finger of interna...

Obsessively on the minutia of the evidence. what has happened in ukraine the last six to eight months is broader policy of putin trying to reestablish russian dominance in the former soviet union and in eastern and central europe. thats what needs to be opposed. thats what the united states should focus on. rallying our nato allies. going back to a strong natural missile defense program. and looking at really stiff sanctions against russia. not these pinpricks that we have been engaged in. >> he...

To change interyags nal boundaries on the continent of europe and continue to interfere in ukraine created an environment where this specific tragedy wasnt fore seeable but understandable this can happen. so i think american policy has to change not just with respect to ukraine. but more broadly i think weve got to look at russia as putin made it out to be. its an adversary. we need to go back to a strong missile defense program. and if people want to talk about sanctions, no more pin prick sanc...

To change interyags nal boundaries on the continent of europe and continue to interfere in ukraine created an environment where this specific tragedy wasnt fore seeable but understandable this can happen. so i think american policy has to change not just with respect to ukraine. but more broadly i think weve got to look at russia as putin made it out to be. its an adversary. we need to go back to a strong missile defense program. and if people want to talk about sanctions, no more pin prick sanc...

To change interyags nal boundaries on the continent of europe and continue to interfere in ukraine created an environment where this specific tragedy wasnt fore seeable but understandable this can happen. so i think american policy has to change not just with respect to ukraine. but more broadly i think weve got to look at russia as putin made it out to be. its an adversary. we need to go back to a strong missile defense program. and if people want to talk about sanctions, no more pin prick sanc...

European countries have been saying forever, russia is more dangerous than you think. many of them were quite upset when obama decided to move a missile defense program we had from eastern europe elsewhere because he said he didnt want russia to feel it was the target of that and told putin it wasnt. the eastern europeans said, no, it should be. theres a lot of reassurance that needs to be done. thats really bidens focus there. >> and on the specific subject of sanctions, whats the precedent for...

Russia. >> i think we have to go back to it may be too late to really influence what is going on now. certainly there is a lot of things that we should can do, a lot of diplomacy should be happening. but im more concerned about the larger issues in eastern europe. we saw president obama really dial back the missile defense program in eastern europe. we saw him tell the russian leader that hed like to have more fles flexibility with our relationship with russia after the election. these are the t...

Power to exert and hes never said whether its positive or negative. its really to show the russian people that things and russia can be a player. >> its uber simplifying hurt feelings and pride and maybe a little ego. how does one speak vladimir putins language? i dont know if this wave of sanctions that the administration and state department of proposal will do it. what will? >> if you want to speak putin language, you trade. things that matter to putin. stopping any further nato enlargement a...

There is a long list with the new start treaty that the administration signed and the senate ratified and the decision to cut way, way back on the national missile defense program. putin has been a masterful player and medvedev before him. for the past five years we have been asking. >> 48 hours from now the negotiations start with the nuclear program again. what do you expect? >> i expect iran will continue to breakthrough that it achieved in geneva last november. there was a thursday or friday...