It's what we haven't done. You know, Congress unanimously gave President Obama the authority to provide $300 million of lethal defensive weaponry to Ukraine. President Obama never used that authority [to provide $300 million of lethal defensive weaponry to Ukraine]. author. And so that's certainly what Mr. Tillerson was talking about as well. After Russia, after Russia invaded Crimea, what he would have done, what we should have all done, is we should have allowed and assisted Ukraine to defend their border. (02:26–02:36)
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Asserts that President Obama did not use the authority to provide weaponry to Ukraine.
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