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gene glaser is the director of foreign studies. his research interests include grand study, basing posture, u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, and rise of china and international politics. >> john has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and has written for the "new york times" t "washington post," l.a. times, foreign affairs, and the national interests, among others. john earned a b.a. in political science from the university of massachusetts, am hurst. and an ma in international security from the char school of public policy and government at george mason university. we'll begin now with the remarks. there will be plenty of time for questions at the end so please hold those until after the discussion is concluded. with that, we'll turn things over to gene. >> thanks, jeff. thank you all for being here. as jeff noted, we are in the middle of the renewed debate here on the hill about what role, if any, that congress should play in the choice between war and peace. that's the most fundamental decision that any gov

and jean glaser, the director for policy studies. he has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, and has written for the new york times, washington post, l.a. times, among others. ba in political science from the university of massachusetts, amherst. begin with remarks. there will be plenty of time for questions at the end, so please hold those until after the discussion is completed. with that, we turn things over to gene. >> thank you, jeff. thank you all for being here. as jeff noted, we are in the about of a renewed debate what role, if any, that congress should play in the choice between war and peace. it is the most fundamental decision any government can make, and one at that our constitution entrusts to congress. but, for nearly 17 years now, that choice has been left to the executive branch. as a result, the united states has been almost constantly at war. in president obama's last year alone, u.s. forces dropped nearly 26,000 bombs on seven countries. he is the only president, serving two terms, to have been in

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ken to you on this reporting from susan glaser, a meeting between president trump and vladimir putinw inevitable this summer, is that your sense around this white house? >> yeah, absolutely. it's a very strong possibility. the president is going to be going to the nato meeting next month in brussels. after that he'll go to the united kingdom to mee with theresa may and the expectation is he could add on a stop in vienna to meet with vladimir putin. you know, this is certainly a possibility. and his rhetoric on crimea i think is raising, you know, the possibility that you know what would be on the table in a meeting with putin? is he signaling perhaps a willingness for the u.s. to recognize crimea as part of russia? something that we have not been willing to do? or is he looking at perhaps, lifting some of the sanctions? and both of those would be very controversial. but this message that he has been driving since the g-7 in quebec that russia should be returned -- allowed to return to the g-8 and that obama is the reason why this invasion took place seems to be creating some type of