For those who knew him, it is no surprise that the late Senator John McCain approached the national and global security threats posed by Russia with a confident clarity in what he felt needed to be done. As with all things, when it came to Russia, he did not hold back. The Cipher Brief’s Brad Christian spoke with former CIA Chief of Station Dan Hoffman about the Senator’s stance on Russia. He started by asking Hoffman to describe McCain’s overall position.
Hoffman: John McCain’s foreign policy toward the Kremlin was a straight line from President Reagan’s “peace through strength policy”. McCain always delivered the strongest defense for what always scared the Soviets and Vladimir Putin the most- liberty, freedom and democracy. Because of his outspoken nature on those issues, McCain became an inspiration to people around the world, especially those in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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