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HEARING OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SUBJECT: THE U.S. SECURITY RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE IKE SKELTON (D-MO) WITNESSES: ALEXANDER VERSHBOW, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS; VICE ADMIRAL JAMES WINNEFELD JR., DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF; PHILIP GORDON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS LOCATION: HVC-210, CAPITOL VISITORS CENTER, THE CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 10:00 A.M. EDT DATE: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009(Part 7)
And I think that, to really answer your question, once they realized that was the case, then they went ahead and reached more agreements than, frankly, I at least would have predicted even a week before the summit.
REP. KISSELL: One real quick question, because my time is -- (gavel sounds) -- just gone. Thank you.
REP. SKELTON: Sorry.
Mr. Coffman, please.
REP. MIKE COFFMAN (R-CO): Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
And thank you so much for your service to our country.
Could you give me an estimate of the current governance of Russia? It seems that either they have legitimate concerns, in terms of their security, or it is a state which -- a nation-state which is devolving more into an autocracy, to where they're trying to establish their legitimacy by focusing, or, if not creating, threats to establish legitimacy to the Russian people.
But, I mean, their view of NATO -- the expansion of NATO; their view of U.S. influence in satellite states that was a former Soviet republic, that...
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