Ben Cardin: “I think the Obama administration would be well advised, if they go into negotiations, to do it in a very--a set basis.”

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.

If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well

If we are going to carry this as a value on the international stage, that the United States stands up for human rights and certain values and the rule of law, is it not important that we be willing to apply these sanctions to accomplish…

There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.