McCaul: Beating Russia 'shouldn't take so long,' slow Biden response 'what Putin wants'

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said defeating Russia in Ukraine "shouldn't take so long," and the Biden administration's slow response is "precisely" what Russian President Vladimir Putin wants.

McCaul, a Texas Republican who led a congressional delegation last week to Kyiv, said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week" the administration has pledged to support Ukraine for "as long as it takes," but the war should not have gone on for so long.

"I think, with the right weapons, it shouldn't take so long," he said. "This whole thing is taking too long, and it really didn't have to happen this way."

McCaul said he spoke with top military officials in Ukraine about what they needed to win the war.

"When we give them what they – what they can really use and ask for, they win. When we slow-walk and slow-pace this thing, it drags it out, and that's precisely what Putin wants," he said.