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Nato and the alliance there in brussels about their plans for that. what would you just tell you is that secretary austin has been clear that should it be activated, we want to make sure we're ready and that is why we've sent additional forces to europe to be in that posture and to be ready should that be the requirement that comes from the alliance. again, we haven't gotten specific requirements laid out yet for us. and as for the troops we've repositioned from the states unilaterally, they continue to work and train with the host nations as well as other nato allies in -- wherever they are. ...

In brussels and their plans for that. secretary austin has been clear from the beginning, should it be activated, we want to make sure we're ready. that's why we sent additional forces to europe to be postured and to be ready should that be the requirement that comes from the alliance. we have not gotten specific requirements laid out yet for us. as for the troops that we already repositioned and or deployed unilaterally, they continue to work and train with the host nations as well as other nato allies wherever they are, whether it's in the baltic region or whether it's down in the southeaste...

But the calculus is -- >> i wouldn't say everything that we're sending we consider to be high risk. and without characterizing something as high or low risk in particular on the other inventory items. i would tell you that we go through that calculus with every shipment that we send. what is best needed to the fight and with a mind that we obviously don't want to needlessly escalate the conflict to a level where it's more dangerous for ukraine, not less. okay? >> thanks, john. the soldiers deployed to poland, the 82nd, they've been helping small numbers of americans coming across the border fr...

Process. independent for the secretary means independent. we want them to be brutally honest ant what they're finding and their ability to do that. the freedom that they had to do that is very important to the secretary. louis? >> jake sullivan discussed some things the president would talk about at the nato summit. one of the things he talked about is working with allies on longer term a justments and nato's posture on the eastern flank. in answer to travis' question, you talked about the 82nd. they're one of the main components of adjustments that have been made on the eastern flank. that's ...

>> thank you, jose. i asked to shout-out to the 82nd. they're really good soldiers. >> oh boy, are they ever? senator, thank you so much for being with us. we are getting a closer look of the devastating traumas that's inflicted on the ukrainian people and refugees. sky news spoke to one mother who fled war-torn mariupol who describes the heartbreaking conversation with her son. >> i don't know how to explain this because you don't know whether you will be alive or will your son be alive? one night he said to me, he's 10-year-old, sorry -- he asked me, "mom, will we be alive for my birthday ...