Mike Pence: “My hope is that the president's starting to recognize that Vladimir Putin doesn't want peace, Vladimir Putin wants…”

Maximum pressure worked. America’s military strength worked. The blockade worked. Iran came to the table because the regime’s existence teetered on a knife’s edge.

I really do believe there would be no more fitting tribute to the life and vision of Senator Lindsey Graham than for Congress to pass and the president to sign the tough Russia sanctions bill.

It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term.

Drive a hard bargain, but let’s pursue free trade with free nations, most especially our trading partners to the north.