You know, Congress unanimously gave President Obama the authority to provide $300 million of lethal defensive weaponry to Ukraine. President Obama never used that author. And so that's certainly what Mr. Tillerson was talking about as well. After Russia, After Russia invaded Crimea, we should have allowed and assisted Ukraine to defend their border. to defend their border. We should provide them the kind of lethal defensive weaponry they needed to deter Putin from moving into eastern Ukraine. (02:41–02:51)
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Asserts that the U.S. should have assisted Ukraine after Russia invaded Crimea.
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