I think anytime there's an event like this that has huge implications, you know, for the relationship, and as heavily dependent on intelligence for our insight into what happened, there should be a senior, either Gina Haspel and/or Dan -- Director of Central Intelligence Agency, or Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence.
Clapper argues for the necessity of a briefing by intelligence officials regarding the Khashoggi incident.
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This has devolved into an ad hoc - ad hocing, at this point, this bizarre news conference, from Ministry of Defense, which trying to sort of rationalize, and explain, the Russian Military predicament, really, in Ukraine.
I think Putin's mind is made up. And he might improvise as he goes he I think he would do he would do that anyway.
It speaks to Putin's character, and his KGB background, having essentially lawless, mercenary group, a private army, responsible only to him.
I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.
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