AP Reporter Throws Down in Heated Battle with State Dept Spox Over Russia-Ukraine Crisis
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PRICE: “Matt, we are not going to apologize for engaging in robust diplomacy, for bringing this to every conceivable fora and appropriate fora, and for continuing to be transparent with our concerns. If the criticism is that we are engaging too robustly in diplomacy, that we’re being too transparent, that we’re being too consistent in what we’re saying, I — that is criticism that we will accept, if that’s a criticism you want to lodge.”
LEE: “Well, I’m not criticizing at all. I’m just curious as to why, when you say the world is united in opposing Russian aggression — and you say that because of what happened in the Security Council today, then that’s just flat wrong, because the world isn’t united. There were two members of the Council, the veto-wielding members of the council that didn’t even want to have this meeting in the first place. So, when you talk about — when you’re talking about — what do you think? How do you think you have advanced the cause — or your cause, the cause of the United States, of Europe, of NATO, encountering Russian aggression with this meeting?”
