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Table all the worst scenarios and accordingly prepare, you know, preparation, et cetera. i think the worst thing right now that we have done so far, it's not the worst but it's not a good thing, is that we have said already what we're not going to do. and this is something for putin is always going after -- if you hesitate, he will strike. >> so you've been here meeting with lawmakers, talking about security needs. what does latvia, what do the baltics need from nato and from the united states? >> well, from the united states particularly, that is -- last we're we were three baltic chairs of t...

His fellow nato leaders, he is expected to urge them to stay the course, increase the pressure on russia. also, make good on their new commitments to boost defense spending. emergency summit is expected to approve four additional battle groups in hungary, romania, bulgaria, and slovakia. the former-u.s. ambassador to nato, and co-author of "the empty throne, america's abby addition of global leadership." welcome back to "cnn newsroom.." >> great to be here. >> so here is more now on nato's deployment of forces from the u.s. permanent representative to nato, julie anne smith. >> this is a nato-...

Hopefully we can get you back. >> sandra: squeeze one in, john, go ahead. >> john: thank you, as long as it's ok with the control room. increasing defense spending by 1.5%, people say on the right it's nowhere near enough, the left says you want to spend that much money? looks like the goldilocks budget here. >> it's the largest nominal amount on defense in the nation's history but the president believes it's appropriate to meet the new and evolving security needs and security threats the country faces. second, there are immediate resource needs for ukraine to support the war effort and to pro...

Current lack of progress as part of what would be next steps. but it's too early to judge what additional actions the kremlin may take. no amount of spin can mask what the world has witnessed over the past month, and that's the courage and the military prowess of ukraine's armed forces and its people, which are proving to be more than what russia bargained for in its unprovoked and unjustified invasion. now, that prowess is not accidental. we've talked about that a little bit. it's partly a result of the training and the support we and other allies over the last eight years have been giving to...

Posts, moderating their goals and spinning the current lack of progress as part of what would be next steps. but it's too early to judge what additional actions the kremlin may take. no amount of spin can mask what the world has witnessed the past month. the courage and military prowess of ukraine's armed forces and its people, which is proving to be more than what russia bargained for. that prowess is not accidental. we talked about that a little bit. it's partly the respect of the training that we and other allies have been giving to the ukrainian armed forces. the united states with its all...