State Dept Spokesperson Tammy Bruce Discusses The Upcoming Negotiations With Russia And Ukraine

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During Friday's State Department Press Briefing, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce discussed the upcoming meetings with Russia and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia.

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00:00Sir.

00:01Thank you, Pamela.

00:02I'll follow up on Iran very quickly, then I'll move to Ukraine, if you could please

00:06indulge me.

00:07Sure.

00:08You started highlighting some of the tools in your toolkit on Iran sanctions.

00:10I'm asking about a particular sanction law, is a law of the land, which is called the

00:16MASA Act, which requires the administration to target Iranian leadership for their gross

00:21human rights violations.

00:22Is this administration willing to implement the MASA Act?

00:26Is this administration what?

00:27Willing to implement the act.

00:28Well, I'm not, that would take me knowing what their thoughts are or discussing what

00:34diplomatic considerations are, issues that I can't, I'm certainly not going to speculate

00:39on.

00:40That's a hypothetical for the most part.

00:43And I can't do that.

00:45I'll move to Ukraine, if I may.

00:46Very quickly, Pamela, on Ukraine.

00:47I was hoping you could fill us in on the delegation that's headed to Saudi Arabia.

00:51I know one of them is- Wait, you're going to have to, maybe his

00:54mic can come up.

00:56Start again.

00:58Maybe a little bit more slowly, too.

00:59Absolutely.

01:01I was hoping you could fill us in on the delegation that's headed to Saudi Arabia to discuss Ukraine.

01:05Michael Anton from this building is a part of the team.

01:08Anyone else you could mention, please?

01:09And also, any reaction to overnight assault on Ukraine from-

01:12Well, I'm not going to speak about the particular individuals on the teams, all right?

01:17It is senior officials.

01:19It's not principals.

01:22That's what we have.

01:23I think it's inappropriate to discuss, certainly, personnel, let alone senior officials who

01:28might be on a negotiation team.

01:31But yeah, it's a dynamic that clearly we'll get the results from.

01:37We'll see the details.

01:38And then we can make some assessments about perhaps who was involved and where we go next.

01:44All right.

01:45Now, at the end of the row here.

01:46Yes, ma'am.

01:47Go ahead, please.

State Dept Spokesperson Tammy Bruce Discusses The Upcoming Negotiations With Russia And Ukraine

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