Bill Keating actually said...

"I urge the administration to reengage with Congress and return to the normal practice of regularly briefing members and staff."

"Russian-backed protracted conflicts in countries like Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are incompatible with our strategic interest in a prosperous and peaceful Europe."

"What is the importance and why is it--other than deflecting the blame away from himself, why is Putin targeting, in your opinion, Ukraine for the fiction that they were involved in interference in the..."

"I think that there is no coincidence that the act of war started when they were unable to control the political side of things as Ukraine was moving toward EU membership."