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Reaction to this trip from the chinese. but we can't let china dictate u.s. foreign policy. we have long had a policy of helping taiwan defend itself and defend its sovereignty. we will continue that policy. the reality is china is exercising all sorts of increased aggression and aggressive behavior in the region, and the united states is going to have to adjust its own defense posture to meet those new challenges. >> i'm going to ask you about the u.s. strike that killed the leader of al qaeda. last august you praised president biden's, quote, wisdom and courage in withdrawing from afghanista...

Posture, its defense forces and that didn't go down so well inside japan, but he was a man as we've heard from secretary of state antony blinken who was a man of vision. and i use that particularly carefully and particularly precisely here because shinzo abe taking japan on the world stage, just think about it, when he was prime minister 2012-2020 in the first two years he visited almost 50 different countries. so he gave japan a bigger global role and a stronger defense force. the vision part is because that's exactly what partners like the united states began to need as relationships with ch...

Especially when it comes to defense, given all the moves by north korea, even in the last few days? he seems to be a man who's talking more about deterrence rather than diplomacy. >> paula, this is a man who was inaugurated just 11 days ago, so clearly we are learning more about him every day that we see him in the public eye. certainly when he was campaigning to be president, he focused very much on the fact he wanted a stronger relationship with the united states. he wanted a strong defense posture with the united states and to have a strong security relationship. but he said he wanted to go...

Thorough response to this. he has just days left in his admini administration. the new president takes over on may 10th. u.s. and south korea are vowing to strengthen their defense posture, the national security council in south korea strongly condemning this launch, pointing out it is a violation of the security resolutions. this is the first launch since that massive military parade we saw on april 25th. with you mentioned how kim jong-un gave a speech at that parade on the country's military foundation day and in that speech he vowed to grow north korea's nuclear arsenal including this new ...

Whether it's division sized troops, collective defense together with the nato defense forces and our own defense forces, it's rotational. but what is important is that it's not the forward presence, but the forward defense posture. what it means is that those troops are immediately able to push back if, you know, the aggressor would have such thoughts. so russia has raised the level of aggression and the level of defense should go also to reflect that. >> estonia has led the way in many ways, both in terms of military aid to ukraine but also in terms of pledging to get off its dependence on ru...