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additional ukrainian pilots could be joining them soon. nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube broke the news and she joins us now. courtney, they're calling this a training assessment, not a intraing program. what's the difference? >> they're calling this a familiarization event. when you look at what familiarization means in the thesarus, it's to educate or train. these pilots are here to assess their skills, to see how long it will take to train on other platforms. that includes both flying platforms and employing things like munitions from other platforms. in addition to that, they're also familiarizing them with things that are -- with aircraft that they do not use already in the ukrainian inventory. it's important to point out these pilots, these two pilots who are already here at a
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taiwan territory. president biden said the u.s. will use force to defend taiwan if necessary. china getting a bipartisan support from u.s. lawmakers who broke down the taiwan l lease se and you addressed concerns about china possibly invading other countries in the region. >> how long are we going to keep up with the ccp's oppression. after taiwan, then what? south korea and japan? you see the korean government and japanese government, they are very nervous and we have to show that we are standing with them. >> it's going to reduce the red tape and it's going to increase the infrastructure to get our armaments there to support taiwan. you can call the policy whatever you want to call it. i believe we've got to be prepared to support taiwan if they're invaded by the ccp. >> two ukrainian pilots are in the united states for a training assessment on using attack aircraft including f-16 fighter
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looking back at the lessons of the ukraine war, obviously i think the number one lesson is need for speed. >> this is very important because this is the warning to china. don't even think about attacking taiwan. and second thing is anything happens and if china attacks taiwan, then we are ready to depend if taiwan. >> reporter: meanwhile, two ukrainian pilots are currently in the united states for a training assessment on using attack the aircraft including f-16 fighter yets -- jets. u.s. authorities have approved bringing as many as 10 more pilots in for assessment as early as this month, and last month president biden said hess ruling out sending f-16 fighter jets for now despite president zelenskyy's request. pete: interesting. rachel, that number of -- excuse me, rachel. brooke, that number of 7.2, that sounds low, right in that's what they say publicly, but they could be spending even more.
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