It just makes sense to highlight where you agree with a president who is popular among caucus goers, and Secretary Clinton found ways to get that done.

Brent Colburn

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This meeting is intended to inform the secretary's thinking as he heads into his first NATO ministerial in late June, one of the areas of focus will be Russia's actions over the past 18 months, including their operations in Ukraine.

It creates an air of uncertainty in a system that has been based on certainty and agreed-upon norms, so anything that steps outside of the bounds of international law we see as a concern because we don't know what the ... motivations are behind that. We think it should concern everyone in the region.