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With two new NATO countries in Northern Europe, the U.S. Army is examining the possibility of placing pre-positioned stock there to bolster defenses.

Jeff flake. mr. ambassador, thank you for being here. we have the u.s. deploying forces to help on the ground in turkey. what can you tell us about where things stand and what still needs to be done? we've had a little bit of technical difficulty connecting with the ambassador today. we hope to get him back. ambassador, can you hear me, sir? >> i can now, yes. >> great, if you didn't hear my question, it was to you, sir, what more needs to be done? where do things stand right now in turkey? >> well, i was just at the air base down in the earthquake zone where we have a lot of -- pre-positioned...

Talking about tens of thousands of linemen being pre-positioned to deal with the disaster there. as you know, jose, much more difficult to get those types of resources to this island in the middle of the caribbean. as you can see behind me right now, there is an urgent effort to try and get power to the remaining 8% of this island, its customers that still do not have power. we are in a neighborhood still without power more than two weeks after hurricane fiona. the hardest hit portions of this island, the southwestern parts of the island, 92% of customers here have had their electricity restor...

Island. we were able to restore emergency power to the hospital yesterday. with the hard work of l lcec and our local government there. maria: unbelievable. congressman, do you feel you have the resources that you need? i know that fema has been talked about in terms of, you know, questions whether or not you actually have the resources there, the insurance industry was already troubled before this storm. do you have a cost estimate on what this is going to mean? enter we don't have a cost estimate yet, but just my own back of the napkin math, we're going to be well over $5 billion. it's going...

Island. we were able to restore emergency power to the hospital yesterday. with the hard work of l lcec and our local government there. maria: unbelievable. congressman, do you feel you have the resources that you need? i know that fema has been talked about in terms of, you know, questions whether or not you actually have the resources there, the insurance industry was already troubled before this storm. do you have a cost estimate on what this is going to mean? enter we don't have a cost estimate yet, but just my own back of the napkin math, we're going to be well over $5 billion. it's going...