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Way. and its part of the regular just diplomatic work that he does with other intelligence agencies. i would not read anything into this particular trip. >> but it is not sort of play on russian fears that the u.s. is directly involved here in launching a proxy war by any means? >> well, we dont have to play on those fears. the russian television stations do that nightly, 24/7, you know, and the new term, of course, is nazis. its a nazi-led government supported -- the united states is supporting...

Blaming vladimir putin, since many people are lining up to do just that. >> i will be as brief as i can, we began in the 1990, 20 years ago, moving nato to russias boarders, its right now on russias borders. this was a bipartisan policy. clinton began, bush continued it, obama carried it on. during this period. 14 years hes been in power, putin made one point repeatedly. i have two red lines. you remember the red lines, obama used to have one in syria. putin means his. one red line is in the for...

Movements at home and he is feeling vulnerable. we dont have a lot of leverage and particularly and unless we want to put our money where our mouth is, the american public and taxpayer is not going to support. you need to win over ukraine right now, either a bunch of tanks which we are not going to do for a lot of money because the economy is a basket case. >> lets get to the money. this has been going on, this proxy war between the west and russia for quite a while. it comes down to money. you ...

Concerned about allison grimes? >> well, they are not looking past the may primary, but they are trying to fight a two-front war. and essentially what senator mcconnell is trying to do is to make it a proxy war for people like the senate conservative fund and the other tea party groups that have backed mike lee and ted cruz in the past. what senator mcconnell want ss a donnybrook and a big battle fought right here in kentucky between him and the groups. he does not want to just beat matt devin, ...

Without fear of repression. well be monitoring very carefully the situation recognizing that along with our european partners that there are consequences if people step over the line. >> unclear what the line is or the consequences are. the secretary of state john kerry said the united states is considering additional sanctions. now this fight is important to the united states in one way describing it as this, its a proxy war. the ukraine on a map, smack in the middle between russia and the west...

You will, between united states and russia. can you elaborate on that idea a little more? >> i dont think this is a proxy war between u.s. and russia. >> okay. >> this is first and foremost, a violent expression of disagreement between factions in ukraine. i think the idea that this is somehow being run by either side of outsiders is really missing the point. the real problem is that ukraine has not had a leadership, whether opposition or president, that is able to bring a consensus about stoppi...

Appropriate way, that the ukrainian people are able to assemble and speak freely about their interests without fear of repression. well be monitoring very carefully the situation recognizing that along with our our r european partners that there rb consequences. >> the secretary of state john kerry said the united states is considering additional sanctions. now this fight is important to the united states in one way describing it as this, its a proxy war. the ukraine on a map, smack in the middl...

Clamped down on the free press on civil society, created this fearsome pro-kremlin youth group, and he sees ukraine not as a separate government but as an extension of russia. he told george w. bush once that, you know, youll understand, george, this isnt a sovereign nation. basically, its part of russia. so when this kind of stuff happens on the streets of kiev im sure that vladimir putin is imagining something like this happening in moscow, and in fact it did in the winter of 2011, 2012, and v...

Government? >> i think that is part of it. i mean, you do have this civil war thats sort of burning in the region across the border in s syria. syria and iraq are linked in this hellish way now. it is true maliki has not been an inclusive zbompb governor. one reason we have withheld military forces hes been asking for for a while is a fear that u.s. government has had he will violently crack down on his sunni opponents. so we may now accelerate arms to him that we were holding back but a we were...

An inclusive zbomgovernor. one reason we have withheld military forces hes been asking for for a while is a fear that u.s. government has had he will violently crack down on his sunni opponents. so we may now accelerate arms to him that we were holding back but a we were worried he would misuse them. by the way, one interesting fact on the question of how the political winds may have shifted. in 2007 when barack obama described his withdrawal plan from iraq he said at the time, i will keep enoug...