It's one that we situation. It's one that we should debate. But I think it's Ukraine is of great interest to the United States because If Putin's aggression is left unchecked, that will ultimately not only reinforce his aggressive behavior in Europe, which would be inherently destabilized to America's interest. I think it sends a very dangerous signal to China. So I'm not one who believes that if we take our focus off of Russia and put it on China, that that will enable us to better combat China. (07:32–07:45)
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Asserts that unchecked Russian aggression would destabilize American interests in Europe.
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