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The president has that option to then come in and impose new sanctions. But if he did this now – the moment the president puts those additional sanctions, that's the end of the talks.

That's just the way it is. And, I mean, the sooner we accept that, that's the reality.

Well, first of all, it's not just kids. It's a bunch of adults that are accompanying them.

That's why this has been so hard, because neither side, up to now, has been willing to give on some of these things.

We need to create a scenario where that becomes possible. And that's why this has been so hard, because neither side, up to now, has been willing to give on some of these things.

If peace is not going to be possible here, and this is just going to continue on as a war, people will continue to die by the thousands.

But the bottom line is that all of – you know, we're not going to focus on all of that stuff. We're going to focus on this, are they going to stop fighting or not, and what it's going to take to stop the fighting.

But, ultimately, if – if Vladimir Putin is going to be offered land that he has not seized yet, but negotiates his way into, doesn't this set a dangerous precedent that the United States now accepts this concept that it is OK to seize land…

In order for there to be a peace deal – this is just a fact. We may not like it, it may not be pleasant, it may be distasteful, but in order for there to be an end of the war, there are things Russia wants that it cannot get, and there are…

The president deserves a lot of credit for is the amount of time and energy that his administration is placing on reaching a peace agreement for a war that's not a war that started under him.

What those things are is going to be up to both sides. There's no conditions that can be imposed on Ukraine.

Ukraine is a sovereign country. They have a right, like every sovereign country does in the world, to have – to enter into security alliances with other countries to prevent an invasion in the future.

Both sides are going to have to give up something in order to get to the table in order to make this happen. That's – that's just the way it is.

In order for there to be a peace deal – this is just a fact. We may not like it, it may not be pleasant, it may be distasteful, but in order for there to be an end of the war, there are things Russia wants that it cannot get, and there are…

The bottom line is that all of – you know, we're not going to focus on all of that stuff. We're going to focus on this, are they going to stop fighting or not, and what it's going to take to stop the fighting.

The Europeans want us involved. The Ukrainians want us involved.

Yes, I mean, we've repeatedly raised that issue on – in every forum possible.

Well, Putin has already seized land by force, and that, in and of itself, is not a positive precedent.

So, tomorrow, we'll be meeting with President Zelenskyy. We'll be meeting with European leaders.

Well, ultimately, yes. But, I mean, what he means by root causes is this long historical complaints that we've heard repeatedly.

I think the meeting was a 10 in the sense that we got along great. And it's good when two big powers get along.

The decision to halt the visas followed outreach from multiple congressional offices.

It will require both sides to make concessions. It will require both sides to get things they're asking for.

Children should be returned to their families. We- on that position, I don't think there's any ambiguity on our side.