Feb. 19

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sen. Bernie Sanders join Margaret Brennan.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But in terms of Poland, you're in NATO, so the United States would have to come to your defense if you went to NATO and asked for it. The times that he will use the word "war" to discuss what's happening in Ukraine is when he says the west, the United States and all of its vessels, the word they use, is actually at war with Russia. A military mission to rescue the hostages collapsed in an Iranian desert, and with it Carter's campaign for re-election. And I think what Secretary Blinken and other members of the administration have been really striving to get across is that it's not part of us, saying the United States isn't fighting over Ukraine for any kind of competition with China and with Russia. And I believe that the words of President Biden will reassure all Europe that the United States is with us in this fight for freedom and peace. We can, of course, negotiate, but it has to be under conditions and under the definition presented by Ukrainians themselves. I cannot imagine that Putin, and the Kremlin winning this war and then peace and stability is around us, because the nature - the very nature of Russia is to conquer other countries. And as chairman of the relevant committee, I intend to do what I can. If a government is acting in a racist way, and they want billions of dollars from the taxpayers of the United States, I think you say, sorry, but it's not acceptable. So, of course, we want the drug companies to do the research and development. And I was able to share with him, as President Biden has shared with President Xi, the serious consequences that would have for our relationship. I made very clear to him that China sending a surveillance balloon over the United States, in violation of our sovereignty, in violation of international law, was unacceptable, and must never happen again.