Robert Gates: “The principal agenda was getting rid of the government they have.”

This is basically the responsibility of the president to educate people about why this is necessary.

I think we still have quite a bit of time, Chuck. I think there's still broad bipartisan support in the Congress for helping Ukraine.

He's going to insist on occupying all four of the eastern provinces of the Donbas.

Putin feels that he has a destiny to recreate the Russian Empire.