Roger Wicker actually said...

I prefer we didn’t give away negotiating positions before we actually get started talking about the end of the Russia-Ukraine war.

He made a rookie mistake in Brussels and he’s walked back some of what he said but not that line.

Everybody knows...and people in the administration know you don't say before your first meeting what you will agree to and what you won't ag...

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