Harris says no negotiation with Russia without Ukraine, discusses her gun, in TV interview
The Hindu
Vice President Kamala Harris discusses Ukraine, gun ownership, and foreign policy in CBS "60 Minutes" interview.
Vice President Kamala Harris said that she would not, as President, negotiate bilaterally with Vladimir Putin without Ukraine present and discussed her gun ownership during a TV interview with CBS “60 minutes”. This is the second in a spate of planned interviews for the Democratic presidential candidate, who is engaged in a limited media-blitz this week, less than a month from the November 5 election.
“There will be no success in ending that war without Ukraine and the UN [ United Nations ] Charter participating in what that success looks like,” Ms. Harris told Bill Whitaker , the host of “60 Minutes” .
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Ms Harris said that if her rival, Republican candidate Donald Trump were currently the President, Mr. Putin would be “sitting in Kyiv” .
Asked if she would support an expansion of the western security alliance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to include Ukraine, she said it would be decided “if and when” that point was reached.
Having surprising many last month by declaring she was a gun owner, Ms Harris, on Monday, provided more details, revealing that she the gun she owned was a glock, a semi-automatic pistol.
“Yes, of course I have,” she said, laughing, when asked by Mr. Whitaker if she had ever fired it.
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