That ultimately Congress and particularly the Republicans in the House and Senate have tried to give the President space and time to negotiate something here. But We've advised the Russians repeatedly now for almost two months that this was coming if no progress was made. So I think that's just coming to fruition now. And it's one of the, one of the things that I confirmed again being with Lindsey Graham this week in Turkey is they're now up to 77. (06:06–06:13)
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Asserts that the U.S. has warned Russia for almost two months about potential sanctions if no progress is made in negotiations.
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