Thread by @jseldin

US, Western backing for #Ukraine something to worry about HASC Chair @RepAdamSmith tells @CFR_org, noting the number of lawmakers who voted against the last aid package

"It's been a solid 3 months...but this is a long term play" he says "What is going to be our attention span?"

Should US back #Ukraine's goals of taking back #Crimea?

"We need a little strategic ambiguity on that one" per @RepAdamSmith "Right now, let's just focus on pushing #Russia out of what they have taken in the last 3 months"

"#Finland & #Sweden are a really good fit" for @NATO, per @RepAdamSmith

#Turkey opposition to #Finland #Sweden membership in @NATO - "I'm more worried about it than most ppl are" per @RepAdamSmith

"We've got to get in there & negotiate" he says, citing urgency in cutting a deal now

"We need to create a situation where #China is deterred from going into #Taiwan" per @RepAdamSmith, asked about @POTUS comments on US-Taiwan

"We are going to help arm Taiwan to make sure they are capable of defending themselves"

#Russia's surprising lack of #cyber warfare/cyber attacks - "I don't think it's a choice" per @RepAdamSmith "I don't think they're choosing to not use something they could use"

"#Turkey, they've got leverage" per @RepAdamSmith re #Sweden #Finland @NATO membership

"They certainly have some beefs...there's then also the problem of a lot of the embargoes against Turkey that were implemented after their 2019 incursion into #Syria"

"I think they [#Turkey] want some of that [the embargoes] lifted & I think we ought to have that conversation" per @RepAdamSmith

"What I worry about more is the degree to which Erdogan wants more than that..."