i was part of the negotiating team that worked on the budapest memorandum. so i know it well. you are accurate. it was a political agreement among the four sigries the united states, the uk, russian federation and ukraine to respect the sovereign integrity of ukraine not to attack her. but it was a political agreement. it duds not have legally binding treaty force or legally binding national defense obligations. that said, it is russia that has violated the spirit and the letter of that agreement. >> agreed. mr. mckeon, i want to talk a little bit about how circumstances on the ground would play out in the event that we decided to give substantial defensive weapons to the ukrainians. the supposition is that putin is not paying a big enough price simply with economic sanctions and that the price that he would pay perhaps in greater numbers of lives loss that he wouldn't be able to cloak in secrecy. i think that's a chance worth take pg. it's why i've joined with my colleagues in supporting providing defensive weapons. but i understand it's a chance and that there's a significan

the mummified monk on display at a budapest museum. >> is china's economic model in efficient? the country's premier says it is predicting that growth will slow to 7% this year, which is low why chinese standards. >> any other country would love to forect that rate of growth, but for the world's number two economy, it's the slowest expansion in a quarter of a century and a sign that this global economic powerhouse better get used to saying goodbye to double digit growth. >> trying to manage expectations the premier said slower growth would become the new normal for china, noting that downward pressure on china's onomy is intensive dying. >> the chinese flag is raised in front of the great hall of the people, but the public can only look from a distance. the square is closed off and closely guarded. it is reserved for the 3000 delegates to the parliament, and they have huge piles of documents to work through. most important decisio have already been made by the communist party leadership. but they still have important matters to address. >> i come fr the northwest. our focus is

putin to budapest.he's also recently signed a range of business deals with russia despite western sanctions against russia over ukraine. but now, protests are growing among hungarians themselves. many say they want their country to integrate closer with the west, not with the kremlin. >> back in 1989, nine-year-old bori takacs and her father went out to hang up posters calling for a republic of hungary. now, at 34, she's organizing protests herself. she's working with the group 'most mi' -- which means "now us" in hungarian. the aim is establishing genuine democracy and freedom of speec'k to this point where we realize and decide what kind of system, what kind of country we want to live in? we want to live in a european country. we want to live in a democratic country. we want to live in a country where political and economical elites and oligarchs cannot steal of the money of the hungarian people and the country. we want to live in a transparent country. >> most mi has mobilized masses of people. tens

already -- budapest memorandum obligates the united states to do. i've heard my colleagues talk about the budapest memorandum obligating the united states or nato to defend ukraine from a territorial attack. i think it's important for taos know exactly what we are obligated to do when we sign these international agreements, not withstanding our unanimity in our belief that we should provide weapons to ukraine. it's my understanding that the budapest memorandum obligates each country individually to respect the territorial integrity of ukraine but significantly, is not a mutual defense treaty does not obligate any of these treaties to defend ukraine. it is not comparable to article five. i just think it's important for us to understand if that's actually the case. >> first of all, senator, as a native connecticut girl, i'm glad to see the connecticut ukrainian americans are active and support -- active in support of ukraine. i was part of the negotiabilitying team that work thond -- worked on the budapest memorandum so i know it well. you are accurat

commitment, the united states of america lived up to its commitment under budapest. i think one can be reassured by our behavior vis-a-vis budapest. >> we have certainly, nor do we have any intention of interfering with ukraine territorial integrity. the reason we joined is to give comfort, support, and the ukrainians would think, that in fact that political agreement with these three powers, because the ukrainians didn't think we would invade their territory was that we would be supportive of their security, and their territorial integrity, but that, at this point, while we have not done anything to interfere with its integrity, the ukrainians would feel far short of what that agreement meant, and in terms of the actual implementation, so at the end of the day it is a political agreement that can be interpreted as those who signed it wish to interpret it. that is, i think, a challenging proposition. >> i very much appreciate the line of questioning our ranking member put forth. this has been a very good hearing. we thank you for the testimony. it has been very unsat

i was part of the negotiating team that work on the budapest memorandum. it was a political agreement among the four signatories notably the united states come u.k., russian federation and ukraine to respect the territorial integrity of ukraine , not to attack her. it did not have legally binding treaty force or legally binding national defense obligations. that said, it is russia that has miley did the spirit -- violated the spirit of that agreement. >> i want to talk about how circumstances on the ground would play out in the effect that we decide to give substantial defensive weapons to the ukrainians. the supposition is that putin is not paying a high enough price and the price you would pay in greater numbers of lives lost that he would not be able to cloak in secrecy with changes calculus. -- would change his calculus. it is a chance and there is also significanct chance that is not how things will go. he will continue his march straight through the lines we have fortified. i don't know if you are to this point in terms of your thinking or the propos

madam secretary the budapest memorandum was basically a way to entice the cranium's to give up their nuclear weapons, is that it are statement? >> at the time, the primary intent was for russia -- to get russia to a short ukraine it would not seek to take advantage of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity if it gave out its weapons. there was never an intent to have treaty obligations. >> you said it was a political agreement, right? so, we also signed that political agreement. you say the concern for ukraine was russiaa not seeking to attack it. if it did what? give up its nuclear weapons. that is the essence of what was induced from the craniums. is that not fair to say? we just join with great britain and others to sort of give them the comfort of his political agreement. it was to give up their political weapons because otherwise, there is no reason for such an agreement. >> they also thought -- sought --we obviously have not done that. >> the entire purpose of it was to guarantee territorial integrity and not to face the threat from any of these powers. if it did what?

not the budapest paper but most of the others.o ranking member menendez i am pleased to be here . i have a very special point to make. you have heard in very extremely good detail, about how our government sees things. i think there is one thing we need to think about which senator rubio in particular talked about that is the direction of this conflict, and the definition of this conflict. my own view is, and i have been living in germany for a long time now, after i stopped being ambassador, i think that i can say with a certain amount of accuracy that whatever we are doing in ukraine and with russia, we are losing the public affairs battle on this crisis. the narrative, as we say in the journalistic world. the narrative that is most prevalent in the united states even more so in europe, is that this is a russia which is reacting angrily because it was cheated, misuse by the west after 1990. i think it is important that we focus on this fact because many of the decisions, and i will say couple points about that, will depend on wh

we filed the budapest memorandum and 9094. -- in 1994. the agreement has been trampled upon by the russians. here's what i'm trying to tell people. another global economy but also a global national security network. weakness in one area creates problems in another. the front of a german's are being -- the french and the germans are being soft on vladimir putin. what i want the iranians to see is that vladimir putin paid a price. anyone percent of the russian people feel he is doing the right thing. i think he is doing the wrong thing. he is wrongdoing in neighboring nation that wants to be a democracy. >> to do good you envision putting western troops there? >> trainers. i would provide lethal arming to the -- i would grind his economy to the ground. you have georgia being interfered by the russians. you have nato's reputation on the line. every time this happens in history, we regret it. every time a bully or dictator gobbles up a neighbor by the force of arms, all of us eventually regret it. i believe vladimir putin could be put in a bo

secretary carter: as it happens i was in budapest in 1994 when that agreement was signed, the very one that vladimir putin's russia is violating. i know it well. i know it was not a nato type of agreement but in it, russia alleged to respect the territorial integrity of ukraine which clearly he has not done. insofar as nato is concerned, as you say the point of our so-called reinsurance initiative basically means rotating more forces into europe and taking steps to strengthen our presence and from europe, that is a way of saying, which we have to do to nato, that we are with you in a very serious kind of obligation that we have under the nato treaty. we have an obligation to the ukraine also and i think assisting them politically and economically and we have talked before about the military being something under consideration that is very important. senator fischer: as we looked at russia, they are not honoring the assurances that they gave to the ukraine. as you mentioned that was an agreement. they have been in violation of the inf treaty, which they don't admit to, but as has been d

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secretary carter: as it happens i was in budapest in 1994 when the agre. the very one vladimir putin is violating. i know it well. it was not a nato agreement, but it did, russia pledged to respect the territory of ukraine. which is not done. in so far as nato is concerned the point of our reassurance initiative, it basically means rotating more forces into europe and taking steps to strengthen our presence in europe. that is a way of saying, which we have to do to nato, that we are with you in a very serious kind of obligation that we have under a nato treaty. we have an obligation to ukraine and i think that assisting them, politically economically and you talked about the military being something under consideration that is very important. senator fisher: they are not honoring the assurances they gave to ukraine. as you mentioned, that was an agreement. they have been in violation of the treaty, which they don't admit to. they have been in violation of the treaty. how long does the united states weight before we start exploring options, not with regard

. >> reporter: it was part of a museum in budapest. it was remained earlier this month.atue belongs to a dutch private collector. when he bought it he had no idea what was hiding inside. >> reporter: the dutch collector gave a statement saying he purchased the buddha statutue i 1996 from another collector. he's willing to give it back if it's proven to originate from the village. researchers are awaiting dna results in hopes of tracing the mummy's roots. >> we'll take you now to france. there is a remembrance ceremony that's taking place for the victims of the germanwings plane crash. the event is happening in the cathedral. 150 people were killed in the crash in the french alps. 150 candles are being placed there. these are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers. and they came from all around the world. at least eight countries. according to germanwings. thank you for joining us. for u.s. viewers new day is up ahead. stay with us here at cnn, the world's news leader thout harshness, to help protect your family. lysol tap top. start healthing. i'm almost done. [ male an

international agreement that persuaded ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons in which it was the budapestnited kingdom committed themselves to helping ukraine maintain its territorial integrity if it gave up its nuclear weapons. now ukraine did that. it did not maintain territorial integrity, russia took a piece of its territory. now putin is saying that they might have used nuclear weapons to defend that. freda, thank you. >>> and we continue along. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday afternoon. we begin with a story with many many twists and turns. real estate heir robert durst may have confessed to not one but several murder. born into one of the richest families in all of new york city durst has been linked to the deaths of three people. his wife his confidant and his neighbor. durst has he escaped any murder convictions. however, his arrest just this past saturday may be the beginning of the end of his freedom. let me show you something. his mugshot. this just in to cnn. durst was carrying a gun when he was apprehended. today he waived

i really think what's happened with ukraine under the 1994, as you well know, budapest memorandum, ukraineave up their nuclear weapons with assurances from the u.s., the uk, china and russia that they would be protected. that we haven't, in my opinion, lived up to the 1994 budapest memorandum at all and as i said in my opening remark, i think that the credibility of nato is hanging in the balance with putin bullying all the countries around ukraine. i'm wondering if you can comment on the defensive weapons to ukraine to help them repel putin's aggression? >> well, we've sent a lot of different items to ukraine, actually. over a period of time, we're one of the more significant donors. we've been sending counterbattery radars. we've been sending night vision. we've been sending communications gear. m-wraps. m raps. i mean there's a long list of items that we have sent. and in addition, we've been, let me just run through, we've got tems that we have sent. and in addition, we've been, let me just run through, we've got about 118 million we've given in training and equipment. 52 million inclu

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>> as it happens i was in budapest in 1994 when that agreement was signed, the very one that vladimirin of russia is violating. i know it well. it was not a nato type of agreement. but it did -- in it russia pledged to respect the territorial integrity of ukraine, which it clearly has not done. and insofar as nato isquk$z concerned, as you say i think the point of our so-called reassurance initiative but it basically means rotating more forces into europe and taking steps to strengthen our presence in europe that's a way of saying, chi think we have to do to, to nato, that, you know we're with you in a very serious kind of obligation that we have under the nato treaty. we have an obligation to ukraine also. and to get to your other point, and i think that assisting them politically, economically, and we've talked before about that. the military being something also under consideration. that's very important. >> as we look at russia, they are not honoring the assurances that they gave to ukraine. as you mentioned, that was an agreement. they have been in violation of the inf treaty whi

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has a commitment to ukraine under the 1994 budapest memorandum on security assurances. that was a big part of the piece in getting ukraine to give up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal, including 19 warheads targeted at the united states. we have recommend the united states provide military assistance to ukraine most of which would be non-lethal but we recommend providing light anti-armor weapons. when we were in ukraine in january we were told three quarters of these weapons in the ukrainian army don't work and they would have been very useful in the last several dis around debaltseve. we are not talking about american troops going to ukraine, we are not talking about advanced offensive weaponry. the goal here is the ukrainians are fighting to give the ukrainians to capability to inflict greater costs on russian aggression and to hopefully persuade moscow to change its force and shift away from conflict towards a settlement. vladimir putin by all appearances does not seem to care about russian war debt but he cares very much about the impact on russian public op

we signed a budapest memorandum in 1994, guaranteed yiewrnlg sovereignty if they would give up their nuclear arsenal over 2,000 nuclear weapons. >> hunt: which they did. that agreement has been trampled upon been the russians and the iranians are watching. i'm trying to tell people, you have a global economy but also a global national security network. weakness in one area creates problems in another area so if the french and the germans are being soft on putin, do you think the iranians believe that the p5 would actually use military force if they broke the nuclear agreement? so what i want the iranians to see is that putin paid a price and 81% to have the russian people feel like he's doing the right thing. i think he's doing the wrong thing. i think he's dismembered a neighboring medication who had one aspiration, to be a democracy. >> hunt: could you envision putting western troops there? >> trainers but not a combat force. >> hunt: trainers. ere's what i would do i would provide lethal, defensive armament to the ukrainian military so they would have a chance to fight for freedom

secretary carter: as it happens, i was in budapest in 1994 when the agreement was signed. the very one vladimir putin is violating. i know it well. it was not a nato agreement, but it did, russia pledged to respect the territory of ukraine. which is not done. in so far as nato is concerned the point of our reassurance initiative, it basically means rotating more forces into europe and taking steps to strengthen our presence in europe. that is a way of saying, which we have to do to nato, that we are with you in a very serious kind of obligation that we have under a nato treaty. we have an obligation to ukraine and i think that assisting them, politically, economically, and you talked about the military being something under consideration, that is very important. senator fisher: they are not honoring the assurances they gave to ukraine. as you mentioned, that was an agreement. they have been in violation of the treaty, which they don't admit to. they have been in violation of the treaty. how long does the united states weight before we start exploring options, not with rega

it -- can you tell us in your opinion what are the implications on our allies and relative to the budapest agreement if we do not resist russia's aggression? >> the last one is a big one, so let me go quickly to the first one. our security relationship with ukraine went through ups and downs after independence and 91 -- in 1991, partly related to the governance at the top. under the old regime, it was severely restrained, not only because of our concerns about the military, but also our concerns about the human rights record including in regards to that. we were doing very little. in regards to our current operation, we are subject to the standards in the appropriate settings of units. one of the major lines of efforts that we have going in our advisory effort with ukrainian military is to root out corruption and infiltration of that military. that is something that we work on very hard. we have, as secretary kerry made clear, when he was a peer every time before you, we have worked hard to continue to be able to work with russia on global interests where our interest align so that takes y

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that budapest memoranda commits and obligates us to certain things. >> we made a compliment to standwith two other countries ironically, for several propositions. critical among them were the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine. that's been grossly violated over the last year. so where are we? i think there are -- there is a good news piece of this and a bad news piece. the good news piece is because of the pressure we were able to exert with president obama leading throughout this process in working with the europeans, getting to exert the pressure with us, keeping the unity that was so necessary to making that pressure effective. we did create space for ukraine to have two successful elections and produce probably the most effective government that it's had since it's been independent. we also created space for ukraine to sign the association agreement with the european union which was part of the cause of the crisis in the first place. but, what we haven't seen unfortunately, is the separatist land grab fueled by russia, supplied by russia, organized in many cases by

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can get to wit tellus in your opinion what are the implications of our allies and relative to the budapestgreement if we do not resist rushes aggression and price limits the last one is the big one. cover security relationship with ukraine is through ups and downs after independence in 1991 partly related to the quality of government under the yanukovych regime of the severely constrained the italy concerns of the of military but the human rights record so we we're doing very little. with current cooperation we are subject to units one of the major efforts we have going with our advisory effort is to root out corruption in infiltration. secretary kerrey has made clear when he is before you has worked hard to continue to be able to work with russia where al interests aligned with so with the p5 + 1 but that cooperation continues because they have no interest in a nuclear-armed iran purpose of space our work on afghanistan to try to come to terms with the violence in syria that has not been completely successful with those conversations continue that they do a better their own interests but

don't want to cut you off, but -- >> i would simply say that sort of personal observation, i was in budapest in 1994 when the agreement was signed. that the russians have violated. so i'm very alive to the -- the possibility that we had had then and i think still need to stick up for of independent ukraine able to find its own way, politically and economically is the only thing i would say. and the first instance it terribly important that that occur and that the other thing i would say is nobody ought to mistake that ukraine is a very important country to us. it is not a nato ally. and i just want to make the point that as far as nato allies are concerned, that raises a whole other set of issues that i hope anyone who is considering encroaching upon a nato ally takes very seriously. >> well i hope so too. i'll be traveling to that region shortly. and talking with some of those folks about it. >> thank you for doing that. >> thank you all, for being here, mr. secretary, welcome back. general dempsey you're going to miss us when you're gone. >> yes sir. >> thank you, all, for being here. with

with them that we would respect their territorial sovereignty, so did russia, so did uk with the budapest memorandum. they gave them up and do you think rush would have invaded ukraine today have been 1240 warheads? i do not think so. but we also chaired ukraine on. we were the ones that urged them -- cheered -- come west. and here again in the time of need. dino today we still have to provide ukraine with crimea being gone, with russian soldiers clearly being on the character, russian artillery russia equipment but we still today, today do not provide them with operational intelligence, real-time intelligence about where russians are in their own country. we still today have been unwilling, even though unanimously the united states senate and house we passed a bill to provide them defensive legal support. we still today have been unwilling to do that. so you can understand why people in congress on both sides of the aisle are very concerned about this negotiation with iran. very concerned about what we might be going. and on a bipartisan basis i know there's some discussion about what co

. >> i would simply say that, from personal observation, i was in budapest in 1994 when the agreement was signed that the russians have violated, so i am very alive to the -- to the possibility that we had been -- and then need to stick up for independent ukraine, so they can find their own way politically and economically. it is terribly important that that occur. no one should mistake that -- ukraine is a very important country to us, it is not a nato out why and i want to make -- nato ally, and i want to make that known. anyone who is considering encroaching upon an ally should think about it. chairman: thank you all for being here. mr. secretary, welcome back. thank you all for being here. this is adjourned. clicks -- not clicks -- >> here is more from the modern news gathering. >> not every story needs to get the same amount of traffic, that is the most important thing to understand. for me, what i think about most is this story reaching the people. so, if we are doing a story on chronic fatigue syndrome and it goes to 60,000 people, then you do a quiz on moments that restore you

off, but -- secretary carter: i would simply say that, sort of a personal observation, i was in budapest in 1994 when the agreement was signed, that the russians have fire related. so i am very alive to the possibility that we had then, and i think still need to stick up for, of an independent ukraine able to find its own way politically and economically, is the only thing i would say in the first instance. it is terribly important that occur. the other thing i would say is nobody ought to mistake that ukraine is a very, very important country to us. it is not a nato ally, and i just want to make the point that as far as nato allies are concerned, that raises a whole other set of issues, that i hope anyone who is considering encroaching upon a nato ally takes very seriously. chairman thornberry: i hope so too. i will be traveling to that region shortly and talking some of those folks about it. secretary carter: thank you for doing that. chairman thornberry: thank you all, for being here. secretary, will come back. general dempsey, you are going to miss us when you're gone. thank you, all

that russia is now behaving with regard to breaching the held sin i can agreement and breaching the budapest memorandum and other international agreements it signed up to? >> it is more difficult, but we've made a clear decision that our approach will be to engage with russia where our vital national interests require us to engage on a case-by-case basis. many of the examples you've given are such cases where our national interest requires us to engage. and the russians have given pretty clear signals that they want to compartmentalize and treat the dispute we have over their behavior in ukraine as separate from the not necessarily terribly deep relations we have over things like syria and the quite sensible relationship we have in the eastern nuclear negotiations. i think it suits both sides to maintain practical working relationships where it suits both sides. >> do you think it's a fair summary to say that we're witnessing the emergence of iranian militias as one of the main forces in the country, particularly -- [ inaudible ]. trying to recapture territory. >> okay. i think iranian-align

-- could you tell us in your opinion what are the implications on our allies and relative to the budapest agreement if we do not resist russia's aggression? ambassador nuland: well, the last one is a big one so let me just quickly go through the first ones. our security relationship with ukraine was -- has -- went through ups and downs after independence in 1991 related to the quality of government at the top. under the yanukovych regime, our concerns not only about the military but also our concerns the human rights record so we were doing very little. with regard to our current cooperation, we're subject to leahy standards and appropriate vetting of units. one of the major lines of effort that we have going in our advisory effort with the ukrainian military is to root out corruption and infiltration of that military. so that's something that we work on very hard. we have, as secretary kerry has made clear when he was up here and every time he's before you worked hard to continue to be able to work with russia on global fathers where our -- global interests where our interests align so t

with the budapest memorandum.hey gave them up and do you think russia would have invaded ukraine today had they had 1,240 warheads? i don't think so. but we also cheered ukraine on. we were the ones that urged them to come west and here again in their time of need -- do you know today that we still do not provide ukraine -- with crimea being gone with russian soldiers clearly being on their territory. russian artillery and equipment. we still today do not provide them with operational intelligence. real-time intelligence about where russians are in their own country. we still today have been unwilling, even though unanimously, the united states senate and the house, we passed a bill to provide them defensive legal support. we still today have been unwilling to do that. so you can understand why people in congress on both side of the aisle are very concerned about this negotiation with iran. very concerned about where we might be going. and on a bipartisan basis, i know there was some discussion about what congress

not the budapest paper but most of the others. and so to you and also to ranking member menendez, i'm very pleased to be here. i have a very special point to make. you have heard in very extremely good detail if not satisfying detail about how our government sees things but i think there's one thing that we need to think about, which senator rubio in particular talked about, and that is that the direction of this conflict and a definition of this conflict. my own view is, and i've been living in germany for a long time now, after i stopped being ambassador, and i think that i can say with a certain amount of accuracy that whatever we are doing in ukraine and with russia, we are losing the public affairs battle on this crisis. the narrative, as we say in the journalistic world. the narrative that is most prevalent in the united states to a considerable extent but more so even in europe, is that this is a russia which is reacting angrily because it was cheated, ill-used, misused by the west after 1990. and i think it is important th

so approximate principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty, the budapest memorandum which provided us guarantees, all of these principles have been broken. it's a fact over the past year. >> you have begged this administration for some help too in terms of arms and it's bipartisan. it's on both sides of the aisle. you have republicans and democrats saying why isn't this happening. the president has still not made a decision on this. someone asked has the state department recommended specifically to send lethal weapons to the ukraine and the administration wouldn't answer but still no decision to do that and i know the president poroshenko is almost begging for this, right? the will to fight is there. they just don't have the equipment. what's the problem? >> we're not begging but we feel very strongly. >> asking strongly. >> i feel very strongly. >> why aren't you getting a yes from president obama because european allies are telling him to hold off right. >> there's a keen desire and i would agree with the desire to stay together and to stay united between the european union and t

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has taken this sovereign state, ukraine, whose sovereignty was guaranteed by the centers of the budapest memorandum in 1994 when ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons, and he has invaded and put russian military in theirre, and the commander of the russian general staff, the man taking orders from putin. there is not much that we don't know about what is happening in eastern ukraine. the question is is the world prepared to admit it and recognize the consequences and do something to stop it? it is the most important national security issue facing us because if we allow putin to overturn international law and violate borders and threaten the security of nations in eastern europe the structure of the international community is at risk in a way it is not at risk by what is happening elsewhere in the world yet. host: you argued in a piece in "usa today" recently that the united states should arm ukraine. what do you say to the opponents of that effort who say that would only escalate tensions that it would drive putin away from the negotiating table? guest: first of all, it is not tension in e