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Have contributions to that response force, as do other nations. you know, as i said, 40,000 some odd strong. our contributions dont come near the 40,000 number. other nations are going to have to contribute as well, but for our part unilaterally we wanted to make sure in case that call should come. that means making sure the units that would contribute to it are as ready as they can be on as short a notice as possible. barb? >> three quick things. what specific military capabilities do the u.s. ...

>> the signal it sends that we are moving additional u.s. forces into allied territory at the request and with the invitation of those countries is that we take our nato commitments are very, very seriously. i put that right in the opening statement. i think your question is why now? >> i dont understand -- i would like an explanation as to why youre doing this now without a vote at nato which does not appear readily apparent for them to activate the response force. what has led you to say the u...

Polish border they are there to intimidate and undermine nato, putting forces into those countries is a good thing but for the life of me i dont know why were talking about doing and havent done it in their part of natos response force, there has not been a nato decision to buy other nato forces in their but we should get on with it finally democratic leaders as well as republican leaders senator menendez and senator graham are calling for economic sanctions now, lets not wait until the invasion...

Leave, if its sooner than their deployment is up, then hell make that decision and again, well let you know. but right now, theyre still there, still providing training, advice, and assistance to the ukrainian armed forces. helane cooper? >> hey, kirby, thanks for doing this. im still trying to figure out the -- im still a little bit stuck on the numbers. you said youre not ruling out possible additional troops to being zploied to europe. you saying that would be in addition to the 8,500 that ar...

In europe. they will be able to move very quickly and then they will be the first ones to move east. thats a easy proposition for them. other u.s. troops back here in the united states who routinely serve on a shortnd alert notice to be ready to go, every day of the week they also will be earmarked, were told. significant, all of this is in addition to the 8500 troops the pentagon previously announced were on a shortened alert status. this is new. these are additional troops that will be going. ...

U.s. forces into allied territory, at the request and with the invitation of those countries is that we take our nato commitments very, very seriously. and i put that right in the opening statement. and as for, i think your question is, why now -- >> why are you -- i dont hear -- i dont understand -- i dont -- i would like an explanation why youre doing this now without the vote at nato, which does not appear readily apparent for them to activate the response force. what has led you to say, okay...

Welcomed the additional troops. it has also reminded the world that there are 8.5,000 also on the highest state of alert to join the rapid response force, 40,000 strong. that would be moved forward to reinforce the eastern flank of nato. the ukrainians have welcomed it. they just put out a statement by matthew chance saying while we welcome it, we would also like to see continued and increased delivery of weapons, particularly at air defenses. and you will recall, that a lot of the military supp...

There are 80,000 in poland and r andainia and germany and this is a deployment to deter a russian invasion. he does point out that fighter jets have deployed in eastern europe and that president biden could make the decision to do more as we wait to see if nato chooses to activate its response force. so he laid out the scenario here on the military side and how this could play out. crucially the urgency with which it could play out, it is worth noting here that the one thing that he did not say ...

Through economic measures as well. this wont go well for mr. putin should he decide to invaid again. the other thing is what hes seeing is a more unified west and nato. what he said he didnt want to see. which is a strong nato on his western flank. all of these actions, all of this uncertainty has unified the alliance. >> charles: what have the nato response forces activated? >> thats a north atlantic council decision. if its activated, its a force of 40,000 members. we have a contribution to th...

>> i didnt hear the question. neil: nato activated its response force as you know, the first time its ever done that. >> yes. neil: calling it an emergency that must be addressed. when you activate forces it immediately conjures up the idea that youre going to use them for something. how do you and what do you think of what nato just did? >> well, theyre for defense. nato is for defense. if you activate forces that means that it becomes much easier for troops to move quickly to my country or to ...