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To be received in moscow. we've assurances that these troops are not there on a combat role. they're there as a deterrent. that they're there essentially to bolster or reassure other nato forces, but make no mistake, this will be seen as an act of aggression. it will be seen as a very serious threat. it will also be seen, i think, by president putin as a mark shift in the way this white house has previously dealt with russia. as for how president putin chooses to respond to this threat, that remains to be seen, anderson. >> thank you. more now on diplomacy and the options for nato and the u....

As not only a violation of international law but also an impediment to the peace that we want to achieve. the previous government did a lot to make sure that nothing really worked, worked well whether bilateral relations or in the regional concept with this new government. we do talk. we have frank and open conversations. they know our position very well. we need to end this stalemate and start meaningful negotiations to achieve the peace that is being undermined day in and day out by those hurting the viability of the two-state solution. >> iraq now. of course jordan shares a border with iraq...

Discussing the intelligence and the information that is causing this new prescription that there's a dire time frame here. they every not saying they're certain that russia will act but something could happen before the end of the olympics january 20th and sullivan warned the urs citizens in ukraine to leave and to prepare the public more broadly for what may be coming and part of that is u.s. forces going to support nato allies. not to fight. not in a combat role. >> you touched upon this point but how significant is it for sullivan to come in to the briefing room and to share this level of i...

Ukraine is not a member of nato, which is painfully apparent to them. what would we do? >> we can follow a model of what president george w. bush did when russia threatened georgia. jake sullivan mentioned that. we had troops in afghanistan and they innovated georgia. we deterred them from the full invasion of georgia. one of the things president did, hi sent military cargo flights in to georgia's capitol, which put american boots on the ground, not in a combat role but in a cargo delivery role, which was a deterrent to russia marching on. we should be arming ukraine now to deter russian inter...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday discussed ending the combat role of the U.