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It. it's very complicated. it's so individualistic. we have to start with understanding the mental health needs of our troops and their families, reducing stigma and making sure that be we're going to say hey, you're not going to be held against you for seeking mental health counselling that we can get that counselling to you. it's available. so it's a resourcing issue as well. look, we look forward to seeing what the independent review committee comes back with. the reason of standing this up is to try to help answer your question. that's what the secretary wants down. i just totally forgot y...

Met with those refugee, and heard from the mothers, talked to them, lifted up a child, met with jose andres, this is all the backdrop here. really important moment. he said earlier flying in here to the reporters on the plane and when he was meeting with the 82nd, the troops from the 82nd airborne that he wanted to go to ukraine himself but that they, they of course security and white house staff, they would not let him. but this is certainly the closest he has come when he was at the border near the border meeting with officials and aid workers yesterday and again today now here in warsaw, me...

>> well, wolf, 82nd airborne is really just part of the larger effort by the u.s. and nato to send thousands of forces over the last several weeks into eastern europe for deterrence against russia and reassurance of those eastern flank nato allies. there is a growing sense, while this deployment may be temporary, the basic security picture in europe now changed by vladimir putin for the long-term and there will be some additional perhaps permanent of u.s. forces and nato forces in the east but when the president as commander in chief meets with the 82nd airborne later today, it is an important...

Themselves several days ago said they were playing on attacks. we've seen indications that they're moving in that direction. next question. travis? >> i want to follow up on the suicide issue. this has been a huge problem for years and years and a lot of time that the department and military branches have invested in trying to get active. toes the secretary have any initial assessment on why he believes this is so difficult problem and what can be done that is different than has been done in the past? my second question involves ukraine. you mentioned the secretary is traveling to poland again...

What i say they're going to do they do, an area that they have fought over for eight years, an area where there are in ukrainian armed forces who are also very active, you know, this could drag on for a while. might not be days and weeks. could be longer than that. that is difficult to know. >> you said the president is keeping his options open. has he extended the carrier and the 82nd because he said they're not going -- >> he reviews the posture literally every day. he has decided that he's going to keep the 82nd there for a while longer.