defense for europe, whether or not it should be more autonomous, the french policies in terms of what they pant want to pursue counterterrorism-wise in africa, collective defenses, all of those are real issues. i think french officials, according to diplomats i've spoken with, don't just want to shake hands, just have a friendly conversation. they want deliverables. they want concrete things out of the u.s. delegation in this meeting. as your panel was talking about, the u.s. has made an extensive effort behind the scenes over the course of the last couple weeks to address those concerns and maybe set the groundwork for delivering on some of those issues, whether it was the secretary of state, national security adviser jake sullivan, obviously the vice president will be heading to paris next month. those conversations are incredibly important to basically set the parameters for what this meeting will entail. but besides just how two leaders shake hands with one another or look as they're sitting or standing next to each other, it's what comes out of this meeting. you mentioned the communique,