Mark Warner: “Our President doesn't take the exact turn in the way these things are written. The Duma knew full well that in this…”

“Our President doesn't take the exact turn in the way these things are written. The Duma knew full well that in this Chamber--and, indeed, in the Congress and, indeed, in the whole of the United States--there is a very serious and important debate going on; I hope it is part of the Presidential election debates, as to whether or not this Nation should allow itself to be held hostage by Russia in terms of a critical need to defend our Nation against the growing threat of strategic intercontinental missiles. You know that, and I know that. That is what these protocols go--the ability of this Nation to defend itself. They were very clever in the Duma because they knew that was putting out, as we say in the military, a ``tank trap.'' We were stopped cold once those protocols were put on.”