I think the most important mission right now is to do whatever is necessary to provide the weapons to the Ukrainians so that they can stop the Russian advance in Donbas.
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Panetta stresses the urgency of supplying weapons to Ukraine to halt Russian advances.
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The facts have to be presented to the American people, and it's the American people who will judge what is right or wrong.
That just adds to the concern because now, you've got former president of the United States inviting Putin to attack another NATO country if they aren't somehow fulfilling their 2 percent pledge, it's crazy.
I think the House, both the Speaker, the Republicans, the Democrats, have to come together to now move this supplemental. It is critical to the message we send to the world about U.S. world leadership.
The message that went out from this meeting to the world is that United States credibility in dealing with our allies has taken a real hit.





