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The same. >> martha: the president said he would increasing our military presence in those areas. is that still on the table? >> we made no decisions about troop posture. we have robust european troop presence in europe. as we said before, never at any time were we going to throw on the table the idea of decreasing our troop presence in europe. what we have said, if they incur again in ukraine and if our nato allies want a boost of capabilities around natos eastern flank, well be considering tha...

5. which would result in conversations about defending that country in a broader war against russia. a very high stakes here and of course secretary of defense lloyd austin the u.s. is coming here to brussels tomorrow. meeting with defense ministers to discuss reenforcing that troop posture in eastern nato countries. adding to that force posture that was activated earlier this month. the rapid reaction force. and shoring up the surface air missile missile defense systems. just in case a russian ...

Further west in the country. so that was a main topic the discussion or priority yesterday. how to shore up the defenses including increasing troop posture in the eastern plank of the nato alliance and of course adding additional battle groups there. sending them additional air defense systems, in order to protect against any potential air missile attacks of course. ultimately there was a agreement as well about sending additional weapons to ukraine. of course theyre trying to raise the cost for...

In a confined space of time. today is about the marathon in terms of u.s. troop posture, nato troop posture in eastern europe given the new threat russia clearly poses but also on the humanitarian side of things. more than 2 million refugees have streamed into poland alone. its overwhelmed the country, even as welcoming as they have been, n thats part of the reason that president biden was on the ground about an hour away prom the border to receive a briefing about the humanitarian aid. the huma...

Officials make clear to maintain unity but also ramp up pressure on president vladimir putin, a series of issues the subject of negotiations, ramping up sanctions on individuals, russian lawmakers, oligarchs, trying to put in place measures that will block sweeping sanctions across different economic spheres of the russian economy and discussion about increased nato troop posture in eastern european countries that will be ramped up over the course of the coming days and weeks. i think theres a c...

>> sure. i understand the question. certainly they make adjustments on the ground. the commanders on the ground do to keep the troops safe and evacuate more people from the country. were obviously not getting into the details from here. it is also important to note and reiterate that you will see a reduction in numbers and thats because they begin the process of the course of the next couple days and also be mindful of troop posture and keeping the men and women of the military safe to the degre...

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