Kissinger on Putin: “I don’t think he’s anti-Western”

Former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger (Nixon Administration) has met one-on-one with Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin on approximately 20 occasions – more than any former or current senior American diplomat or official.  Dr. Kissinger appeared on CNN this weekend and told Fareed Zakaria that he believes that Putin is “above all, a Russian patriot.”

Dr. Kissinger also weighed in on the 2012 GOP presidential candidates here in the United States.  For the full transcript of this program, please visit here.

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS airs Sundays at 10:00am and 1:00pm Eastern on CNN/U.S..

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