Barack Obama actually said...

We want to give diplomacy a chance as long as ultimately the decisions are being made by Ukrainians -- not by Russians, not by Americans, not by other European nations, but by Ukrainians themselves.

Context

Interview with Major Garrett of CBS's 'This Morning'

04/16/2014

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