President Biden's latest off-script comments about Russia authoritarian Vladimir Putin are potentially risky for the United States, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Rand Paul said Monday.
"I wouldn't use this type of wording because I continue to hold discussions with President Putin," President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday on French television."We want to stop the war that Russia has launched in Ukraine without escalation -- that's the objective."
Paul said he and most of the Congress are not trying to oust Putin, who has been in the positions of power, either as prime minister or president, since 1999. "And, it is actually a national security risk because he's sending signals that no one in their right mind would want to send to Russia at this point. We aren't trying to replace Putin in Russia. We aren't trying to have regime change. We're not sending troops into Ukraine, and we're not going to respond in kind with chemical weapons," the Kentucky senator added, referencing the other two statements Biden made in Poland that the White House hastily clarified.
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