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Former Ambassador: US Should Not Risk 'Spiraling Confrontation' With Russia Over Ukraine

February 13, 2015

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By Barbara Hollingsworth

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Matlock speaking at the National Press Club on Feb. 11, 2015. (Barbara Hollingsworth/CNSNews.com)

(CNSNews.com) – The United States should not risk a “spiraling confrontation” with Russia by interfering in its conflict with Ukraine, says Jack Matlock, the former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union who was serving in Moscow under President Ronald Reagan when the Cold War ended. “The West's top priority should be to reestablish civil relations with Russia - and ease tensions to minimize the risk of spiraling confrontation,” Matlock said. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/former-ambassador-us-should-not-risk-spiraling-confrontation