I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by, President has already mentioned some things that happened in that meeting, I think we will learn more, but that is the President's prerogative. If you'd asked me how that ought to be conducted, I would have suggested a different way, but that's not my role. That's not my job. So, it is what it is.
Dan Coats: “I don't know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by, President has already mentioned some things that…”
On the recordJuly 19, 2018
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Dan Coats expresses uncertainty about the discussions between President Trump and Putin, indicating that he would have preferred a different approach.
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