Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
Ambassador Burns testified in front of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on “U.S. Policy and Strategy in Europe.”

The challenge before the United States is to manage, without illusions, a difficult and combative relationship with Russia.
Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
Ambassador Burns testified in front of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on “U.S. Policy and Strategy in Europe.”
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