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“It is absolutely important that we have a unified alliance and that we explain to the Russians that you cannot be a 21st-century superpower, or power, and act like a 20th-century dictatorship.”

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama, born on August 4, 1961, served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama's presidency was marked by significant achievements, including the Affordable Care Act and the normalization of relations with Cuba. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. more

“We have to have a president who is clear that you don't deal with Russia based on staring into his eyes and seeing his soul. You deal with Russia based on, what are your - what are the national security interests of the United States of America? And we have to recognize that the way they've been behaving lately demands a sharp response from the international community and our allies.”

Soul Eye President Interest Community Security Response Staring National Security

Author:Barack Obama

“Russia has now become a nation fueled by petro-dollars that is basically a KGB apparatchik-run government.”

Author:John McCain

“I looked into Mr. Putin's eyes, and I saw three letters, a "K," a "G," and a "B."”

Eye

Author:John McCain

“We want to work with the Russians. But we also have every right to expect the Russians to behave in a fashion and keeping with a - with a - with a country who respects international boundaries and the norms of international behavior.”

Country Fashion Behavior Boundaries Behave Norm

Author:John McCain

“I can tell you that I think America is safer today than it was on 9/11. But that doesn't mean that we don't have a long way to go.”