Angus King: “I hope you will look at that and that there will be an equalization at some point.”

At the end of the day, this deal from the White House is an attempt to boost their short-term political prospects at the true cost of the American people.

The grave danger we now face is that the current administration has undermined both prongs of deterrence strategy in different theaters — a lack of will in Ukraine and a lack of capacity in Iran.

Instead of pursuing solutions that are consistent with America’s values, President Trump has decided to ease energy sanctions on Russia.

The problem of escalating instability, unfortunately, is not confined to Europe’s eastern frontier. The danger of war between America’s autocratic adversaries and our democratic allies is rising around the world for one simple, troubling…