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US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts

Published April 29, 2024 | Video Starts at 34:33

You see a situation very easily where escalatory moves get out of control and suddenly we're in a new war. And for as much as this president says he doesn't want to be in new wars in the Middle East, I don't put it past him to open up that possibility. So, especially in the next six months. So I don't have special knowledge to provide on that, but I do risk a cycle of escalation that I don't think this administration is well trained or well prepared to manage. (34:33–34:40)

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Asserts that President Trump might escalate conflicts in the Middle East, particularly in the next six months.

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“The COVID global pandemic is a national security issue.”
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“Our divisive politics that are splitting us apart is intricately connected to how strong of a role we are or are not able to play on the…”
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“Our divisive politics that are splitting us apart is intricately connected to how strong of a role we are or are not able to play on the…”
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“We have legitimate disagreements on things that happens all the time with allies.”
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“I don't [think the Trump administration's peace to prosperity plan has a chance of getting talks going].”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 07:07-07:08
“This latest move on annexation I think is beyond for me, frustration. It's actually, you know, if you listen to israeli intel and defense…”
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“I expressed that in a letter that was signed by almost 200 members of the House.”
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“I haven't signed a letter to condition aid and to threaten people's physical security because I happen to have major disagreements with this…”
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“I worked hard to improve things like intel sharing and defense cooperation under my time at the Pentagon.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 08:05-08:13
“I'm glad to see annexations on the back burner.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 08:31-08:34
“I still think the vast majority of members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have a consensus around supporting the security and safety…”
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“There's a very, very vocal minority who are gaining in strength, who are, you know, have an outsized, you know, microphone on platforms like…”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 09:39-09:54
“The US Israel policy has been characterized by bipartisan cooperation for certainly my whole lifetime, but long beyond my lifetime.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 09:57-10:08
“That core bipartisan relationship has been so critical for the long term security of the israeli people.”
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“The United States was at our best moments trying to be a positive and neutral arbiter to bring both sides together.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 11:23-11:35
“Some of the historic peace agreements were brokered by us.”
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“What I think this does, this plan is it just puts the thumb so heavily on the side of the Israelis that it provides no incentive for the…”
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“I don't see it moving anywhere.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 12:28-12:31
“I think most people, Democrats and Republicans, feel like the authorization of military force, the authorizations that we have on the books…”
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“Afghanistan being our longest war is the one people think about.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 13:47-13:50
“The proposal that I had was that any authorization of military force, of course, has to come to the Congress.”
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“It has an automatic sunset of three years.”
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“If an administration wants to continue fighting in a foreign war more than three years, that's fine. They've just got to make the case again…”
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“This would be prospective, not retrospective. So any new authorizations of military force would have a sunset of three years.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 14:48-14:59
“The other side was not willing to support that authorization of military force.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 15:15-15:21
“There's been a longstanding, like, long before I got here, attempt to repeal the 2002 Iraq authorization of military force.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 15:24-15:35
“That is not about al Qaeda. That is not about, you know, ISIS and son of al Qaeda. That is about the authorization to go to war in Iraq.”
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“I think most people feel that the lifespan of that authorization of military force is no longer required.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 15:44-15:55
“We are friendly with the government of Iraq there. It's not Saddam Hussein. We are training their forces.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 15:54-16:02
“We have a very clear national security law on the books.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 17:02-17:09
“The president has the authority under the 1970s War Powers act.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 17:10-17:18
“They need to notify us within a certain time after that action is taken.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 17:30-17:35
“They have 60 days, they have a clock that then starts, and they can engage in that activity for that period of time.”
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“If they need to go beyond those 60 days, they should come back to Congress and seek authorization of military force.”
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“The president has significant authority to go after individuals and activities that threaten the us government, that threaten our national…”
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“When we killed Qasem Soleimani, my quibble was not that he technically had, no offense, authority to do that. He had the authority to do it.”
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“If you are drawing the United States into another war, you must come back to Congress to seek approval.”
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“There is a legitimate debate within the intelligence community about the veracity of that specific reporting [on Russian bounties].”
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“The Russians have been attempting to thwart our interests in Afghanistan via relationships with the Taliban.”
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“There is not a single report to Congress on Russian threats to the U.S. military.”
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“The president of the United States, between March 30 and June 3, spoke five times to Vladimir Putin.”
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“He said so himself that he's entertaining [bringing Putin back into the G8].”
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“We should all be clear-eyed about the Russian attempts to thwart and target and engage the US military, either themselves or more likely…”
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“Russia, we know, is using Syria as a strategic leverage point on NATO with missile defense assets and radar assets aimed right, you know…”
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“We negotiated it with the Republicans so that it's something that they supported.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 24:19-24:25
“We edited it slightly per their requests, but otherwise we have the support, at least of the Republican HASC members.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 24:24-24:33
“I actually drafted the strategic framework agreement that eventually passed, and that is now being looked at and opened up.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 25:24-25:33
“We are in Iraq at their request and approval.”
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“The public wants access to your schools and cultural institutions. They want to do economic exchanges. They need help on our economy. We…”
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“Some of our best assets are these softer opportunities and powers that we have. We just need to wield them in a more thoughtful and…”
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“We've had at this point, half a decade or more of engagement with the Saudis on their deeply problematic targeting of civilians in Yemen.”
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“It went from cooperation with a close partner to pulling back some of that coordination to removing much of that coordination.”
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“This is a continuation of this pullback because of their resistance and refusal to prosecute a war, frankly, in line with international…”
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“We always have to be able to coordinate and work together with our partners on those threats that specifically threaten us or our allies.”
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“That does not mean we should be in a position to provide intelligence to help the Saudis prosecute careless targeting of civilians.”
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“That amendment was changed from the first time that it came to the House floor.”
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“It is currently in the House version of the NDAA.”
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“When both the House and the Senate sent a bill to the president cutting off ties, he vetoed it.”
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“He vetoed it, but he also changed the level of cooperation on the ground.”
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“Turkey went ahead and ordered the F-35 and purchased the S-400.”
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“We had made clear, including myself, had made clear for years that this was unacceptable.”
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“If Turkey can get away with this unscathed, then what's to keep lots of other partners and allies from doing the same thing.”
US Rep. Elissa Slotkin: US should be ‘clear eyed’ about Russian attempts | Uploaded April 29, 2024 | 31:04-31:13
“I am certainly willing to consider stronger steps to send the signal to them, but also to the rest of the world.”
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“I haven't received the brief. So what, I just got back into town. We're just starting a new week.”
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“There was a lot of things going boom in the past month. A lot of things, more than we're used to seeing.”
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“100 of his folks in his unit had injuries due to that. Thank God no one was killed.”
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“If we don't increase that connective tissue, you're going to see a more and more isolationist generation getting older and taking up…”
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“I don't believe that there's a difference between American leadership in the world and Russian and Chinese leadership.”
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“I don't believe we should be engaged in places like the Middle East because we're bad at it.”
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