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Sort of a hostile act and a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operatives across the region in ukraine and they're able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putin's military has also flown aggressively against u.s. pilots in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have backed off a bit. putin personally challenging the president's new national security strategy. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge ameri...

>> reporter: but it's also a risky step. >> if putin decides that this is sort of a hostile act in a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operatives across the region in ukraine and they're able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putin's military has also flown aggressive lly against u.s. pils in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have backed off a bit. putin personally challenging the president's new national security strabtegy. >>...

Ability to defend itself. >> reporter: but it's also a risky step. >> if putin decides that this is sort of a hostile act and a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operative across the region in ukraine and they're able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putin's military has also flown aggressively against u.s. pilots in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have backed off a bit. putin personally challenging the president's new natio...

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Rolled out his national security strategy this week. let's take a listen. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries. but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> well, he singled out russia as one of the rival powers that seemed to have ruffled putin's feathers. putin calling it aggressive. does this escalate rather quickly, lieutenant hertling? >> it does not. the national intelligence is governed by intelligence and what they know. ...