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>>> WELCOME BACK TO CNN'S
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
CRISIS IN UKRAINE.
IN THE "CROSSFIRE" TONIGHT
SENATORS BEN CARDIN AND LINDSEY
GRAHAM.
MOMENTS AGO WE LEARNED THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA WRAPPED UP A
ONE-HOUR CALL WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
EARLIER TODAY PRESIDENT OBAMA
ANNOUNCED A NEW ROUND OF ACTIONS
TO CONDEMN RUSSIA FOR ITS
INVASION OF CRIMEA.
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT MANY OF
THESE STEPS.
LINDY GBEHIND LINDY GRAHAM SUPP
THEM EARLIER ON OUR SHOW.
BUT THEY CONTINUE TO CONDEMN THE
PRESIDENT FOR NOT SHOWING
LEADERSHIP.
>> OUR PRESIDENT IS WEAK AND
INDECISIVE IN THE EYES OF THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
>> EVERY TIME THE PRESIDENT GOES
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND
THREATENS PUTIN OR ANYONE LIKE
PUTIN, EVERYBODY'S EYES ROLL
INCLUDING MINE.
>> I THINK PUTIN BELIEVES THAT
OBAMA IS REALLY ALL TALK AND NO
ACTION.
>> IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT SUBSTANTIVE, FINE.
DISAGREE.
DISSENT IS INDEED PATRIOTIC.
BUT THE LATEST INSULTS AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT NOT ONLY SMACK OF
PETTY PARTISAN OPPORTUNISM, IT'S
NIECE BASELESS INSULTS THAT IS
UNDER MINING THE PRESIDENT AND
THE OUR NATION'S ROLE IN THE
WORLD.
SENATOR GRAHAM, DON'T YOU THINK
THESE PETTY PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE
BENEATH YOUR OFFICE AS A U.S.
SENATOR?
>> AS MUCH AS I LIKE ME, WHICH
IS QUITE O LOT, I DON'T THINK
THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND WHAT I
SAY, BUT I DO BELIEVE MY
CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN JUSTIFIED AND IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, CRITICIZING
BUSH, BUSH MADE HIS FAIR SHARE
OF MISTAKE.
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH SNOWDEN
AS A HERO OR TRAITOR, WHEN YOU
TELL THE RUSSIANS DON'T GIVE HIM
ASYLUM OR THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES, THISSY DO AND YOU
DO NOTHING.
WHEN YOU SAY DON'T USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS AGAINST YOO OWN PEOPLE.
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.
HE'S STRONGER AND THE OPPOSITION
IS WEAKER.
WHEN YOU TELL THE WORLD WE'RE
GOING TO GET THOSE THAT KILLED
THE FOUR AMERICANS IN LIBYA AND
CNN CAN INTERVIEW THE CHIEF
SUSPECT AND NOBODY'S BEEN
CAPTURED, IT HURTS US.
SO MR. PRESIDENT NOW IS THE TIME
TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.
>> BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT WHO GOT BIN LADEN,
EXPANDED THE USE OF DRONES.
YOU'RE NOT ATTACKING HIS
POLICIES OR POSITIONS, YOU'RE
CALLING HIM WEAK.
>> HE WAS VERY BRAVE TO MAKE THE
BIN LADEN CALL.
TO SEND TROOPS INTO PAKISTAN WAS
A VERY TOUGH DECISION.