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0 come into this? putin is a bad actor and everybody knows this. the president has been clear, he does not expect breakthroughs but what wants a professional relationship where adults can talk about important things. whether its on cyber or political rights or on ukraine, and perhaps he will be more muted at the press conference, and president biden has to make his case here of why he believes even though you dont expect any change in putins behavior that it was important to sit down eyeball to ...

Russia? >> well, first, joy, i just was watching your show and i cant help but link what you were just talking about to the global stage. what happened on january 6th, the erosion of our democracy, and how people that wont stand up for it, that hurts the united states of america when we go into meetings with guys -- with leaders like mr. putin or xi jinping, and i just -- it frustrates me that people, domestically, dont see how that hurts us on this global stage. we want, as president biden righ...

Point that andrea raised on the issue of arms control. you wrote a piece not too long ago for politico, and you said as the lead negotiator of the treaty, i have advice for them, keep it simple. on that issue, how can president biden based on your deep experience best set his arms control team up for success following this meeting? >> i think andrea had it right, that what they are focusing on at the summit meeting is the process and how to get the process right so they can start negotiating a f...

Talking about weapons of mass destruction and they come from things like the possibility of cyber attacks on our nuclear command in control, and its important that our two countries have serious successions about maintaining a sustainable and predictable relationship where those weapons are concerned. the best thing the president can do to set the teams up for success is to be clear and saw succinct to begin the stability talks, you need to have substance and you also need to focus on what the d...

We sometimes even fought proxy wars all over the world, and at the same time we cooperated on some issues. we eradicated smallpox together, for instance. we did nuclear arms control even during the cold war, and i think thats the historical metaphor that president biden needs to bring, which is cooperate when you can. and i think strategic stability talks, getting going again nuclear arms control negotiations with the russians is his highest priority in his geneva meeting. but then contain when ...

Cooperated on some issues. we eradicated smallpox together, for instance. we did nuclear arms withdrawal even during the cold war. and i think thats the historical metaphor that president biden needs to bring. which is, cooperate when you can, and i think strategic stability talks. getting going again, nuclear arms control negotiations with the russians, is as highest priority in his geneva meeting. contain when you must and utter, which all of those rather belligerent things, that vladimir puti...