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Other democracy, france and germany. with regard to the baltic countries and ukraine, their actions in syria, they're doing to help iran, there's plenty of reasons for us to have a very candid discussion about how we can be better partners. but in the meantime, they have to on their side make changes in their approach. our national security has been put at risk by some of the actions they have taken and we need to be candid about that. >> do you think they will be amenable to that? >> i would hope so. you know, we have no designs on hurting the legitimate national security interests of russia ...

Clear warning to russia to stick to eastern ukraine and-- >> with regard to ukraine we must hold russia accountable and demand that they honor the minsk agreement by ending violence in ukraine. >> the vice-president went on to meet leaders from baltic countries who are nervous about the prospect of a more powerful russia and held a one-on-one meeting with angela merkel. the white house says the two leaders talked about those commitments to n.a.t.o. and the conference in ukraine as well as afghanistan and the fight against isis. overall the leaders at this security conference responded quite ca...

Mexico what mr. trump has said about russia. this is about u.s. foreign policy which should not be partisan and great concern what he is doing could weaken america's national security. we are looked upon by the free world as the leader. if we start promising our values for transactional politic, that is going to be bad news for freedom around the world. >> well, definitely it creates an unnecessary division between the united states and our allies on key issues which we just don't need at this point, senator. >> no question. and there is real concern in europe. i've had conversations with lead...

Russia. do you feel you will be able to convince him to take a harder line against putin? f >> i certainly hope othersta around him can. i know how general mattis feels. i know how general flynn feels. i know how even mr. tillerson feels. look, we cannot reward misbehavior. we have to go back to ronald reagan, peace through strength, get strong, and then deal with them. that way is the only way we can do it. >> bill: if trump lifts sanctions, you're not going to be real pleased? >> i am going to be deeply, deeply disappointed. and by the way, so are all the people in the baltic countries and i...

Donald trump at this point is russia. do you feel you will be able to convince them to take a harder line against putin? >> i certainly hope people around him can. i know how general mattis feels. i know how general flynn feels. i know how even mr. tillerson feels. look, we cannot reward of misbehavior. we have to go back to ronald reagan, peace through strength, get strong, and then deal with them. that way is the only way we can do it. >> bill: if trump lift sanctions, you want to be real pleased? >> i am going to be deeply, deeply disappointed. and by the way, so are all the people in the b...