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Tucker Carlson just gave a great speech to the Center for Christian Virtue in Cleveland, emphasizing the evil nature of abortion, while he has made a name for himself by opposing American aid to the people of Ukraine.

>> admiral, has russia returned crimea back to ukraine? >> do they have intentions to? >> they publicly -- >> admiral, why does russia even care about ukraine? >> im sure in their view they viewed this as a primary national interest. >> am i right, sir, that they see it as a part of their broader objective to influence and impact russias desire tore self-determination? >> i yes, i think thats part of it. >> has russia tried to steal stolen territory in you the ukraine, the u.s. and the rest of t...

>> would that sf 86 require that the applicant disclose any payments received from a foreign power? >> i think so. i mean, the form is the form. i think so. and foreign travel as well. >> i make a request through you to the justice department, to whatever ic component of mr. flynns sf 86 request that that be provided to the committee. and i yield now to mr. carson. >> thank you, ranking member. i like to focus my line of questioning on russias views towards ukraine. in march 2014 russia illegall...

Took crimea. >> i would argue through the insertion of military force they occupied it and physically removed it from ukrainian control. >> we heard terms like little green men and hybrid warfare. can you explain how these relate to russia in ukraine? >> in the ukraine side over time the overt activity we saw such a degree on the crimea side we saw a much bigger record on the influence and attempts to distance russian actions from any potential blow-back to the russian state if you will hence th...

Putin himself said in 2016 that sanctions are severely harming russia, so we know weve had some success in putting pressure on the kremlin. admiral, what would it mean geopolitically? would it help? would it help legitimate russias illegal land grab? >> im not in a position to talk broadly about the geopolitical implications. we have stated previously from an intelligence perspective, we have tried to outline the policy makers the specifics of the russian invasion of crimea, the specifics of the...

Putin said himself in 2016, the sanctions are served really harming russia, so we know that they have had success in putting pressure on the kremlin, admiral, what would it mean to you geopolitically? would it help? would it help the illegal landgraf? >> i am not in a position to talk about the geopolitical implications. we have stated previously that we have tried to outline the policymakers the specifics of the russian invasion of crimea, the russian support in the ukraine, the russians contin...

The ukraine. >> admiral has russia returned crimea back to ukraine, sir? >> no. >> do they have intentions to? >> they publicly indicated they will not. >> admiral why does russia care about ukraine? >> its on the immediate periphery of the russian state, national interest. >> am i right they see it as a part of their broader objective to influence and impact russias, ukraines desire for self-determination? >> yes. i think thats part of it. >> sir, has russia tried to claim stolen territory in u...

Instituted new sanctions against russia, is that right, sir? >> yes, sir. >> now this was a time where much of the world was united. russia invaded another country, and illegally annexed its territory. as we all stood hoshoulder to shoulder with ukraine. one person who didnt see it that way however was president donald trump. on july 30th at an interview with abc news, mr. trump said of putin and i quote "hes not going to ukraine, okay? just so you understand, hes not going into ukraine, all rig...

Applicants will disclose any payments given by a foreign power? >> i think so. and foreign travel as well. >> i make a request through you to the justice department or whatever components would have custody of mr. flynns sf86, and make a request that that be provided to the committee. and i yield now to mr. carson. >> thank you, ranking member, i would like to focus my line of questioning on the abuse to ukraine. russia illegally annexed the ukrainian territory of crimea, beginning a conflict th...

The choices and actions of others. >> so in the case of igor session, who was sanctioned, by the united states, in part, to draw attention to the fact that russia had invaded crimea, its an effort to try and send a very strong message to russia? is that not true? >> i think thats right. >> yes, maam. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. its never acceptable, we can all agree, for any foreign power to interfere with our electoral process, and this committee has long been focused on russias rep reh...