commits, which says an attack on one is an attack on all. over the past few weeks, i ordered a thousand additional why forces as parking lot of our commitment to nato. on tuesday in response to russia s aggressive action, i authorized deployment ground and air forces stationed in europe to the eastern flank allies. our allies have also been stepping up adding the other allies, the rest of nato, adding their own forces and capabilities to ensure collective defense. today within hours of russia s unleashing its assault, nato came together and authorized and activated an activation of response plans. this will enable nato s high readiness forces to deploy and when and where they re needed. to protect our nato allies on