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>> reporter: what do you think of president obama? what's your evaluation of him? >> translator: i don't think i'm entitled to give any views regarding the president. that's up to the american people. >> reporter: do you think his activities in foreign affairs reflect a weakness? >> translator: i don't think so at all. >> and the white house, however, is pointing out russia's leadership weaknesses. >> russia for years has treated syria as essentially a client state. the action we're seeing from the russians now is responding from weakness. they're concerned about the investment there...

Leader. he was controlled in the subject matter, conversation and the flow. he was very well prepared and he was on point. i agree with dana, from a communications standpoint, he delivered the day for russia. what you saw is somebody saying, i will step into the leadership vacuum i have created, saying the russian leadership has tried to right the united states in the middle east. >> he said why he was trying to help out assad, he took credit for the gains that have been made. are you okay with that? >> let me start with president obama's speech, if i may, eric. i think the president made a be...