… all their nuclear weapons back to Russia from the Soviet Union, I believe we had a treaty to guarantee the borders of Ukraine, did we not? Well, I don't know. I don't know that we had a treaty [with Ukraine]. We may have had agreements. Some were formal, some were informal. Some were words mentioned by diplomats at times. It never got really written down. I think one of the problems, though, with Ukraine, and this is true across the board, and I really, again, this is. (55:02–55:08)
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Asserts uncertainty about the existence of a formal treaty with Ukraine.
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