On the recordJuly 5, 2017
I don't understand how the United States president can protect the country if he's not willing to sit down with Vladimir Putin and look him in the eye and say, I know you did this. It will stop.
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transcripts.cnn.comJim Himes: “I don't understand how the United States president can protect the country if he's not willing to sit down with Vladimir…”
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Jim Himes emphasizes the need for the U.S. president to confront Putin directly about Russian interference in the election.
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