Then why did the President say that the war in Ukraine not directly affect the US because it's very far away. So do you think the President was wrong in saying that, as I just told you, that Kyiv is a closer distance than Tehran. Congressman, respectfully, I think you'd have to look at every comment in its context. Well, that's pretty cut to me, but let me go on because I'd like to compliment many of the people across the aisles here in talking about the importance of NATO. (04:42–04:46)
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Asserts that Kyiv is geographically closer to Washington D.C. than Tehran.
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