State Department: ‘Russian Aggression Is Different than Russia’

‘Russian aggression is different than Russia — Russia we work together on with on a range of challenges and a range of issue – global issues around the world’

QUESTION: "In a statement today, President Obama said the budget will – gives us resources to confront global challenges from ISIL to Russia aggression. What is the Administration going to do with the resources, and how is it going to confront Russia exactly? How are these resources going to be spent?"
PSAKI: "Well, I don’t believe the President said “confront Russia.” The President — "
QUESTION: “To confront global challenges from ISIL to Russia aggression.”
PSAKI: "Russian aggression is different than Russia. Russia we work together on with on a range of challenges and a range of issue – global issues around the world. That continues."
QUESTION: "Okay. But how —"
PSAKI: "Obviously, he’s —"
QUESTION: "How does —"
PSAKI: "Let me finish. Obviously, he’s referring to Ukraine. There’s funding in the budget proposed for Ukraine. We’re going to do a budget briefing at about 1:30 today, so I will leave that to our experts to discuss in terms of the resources that we’ll be providing or we’re proposing."
QUESTION: "Would that include lethal assistance?"
PSAKI: "Obviously, we haven’t made the decision to do that."

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