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Ambassador daalder, you were looking to see what he said about russia. there was a lot of talk about terror, a lot of talk. there was lot of talk about immigration, about money. one brief sentence about russia and the threats from russia posed to europe. did you think that was enough? >> no, i don't think so, and i think we saw a president who continued basically his campaign message when it came to nato by arguing with the allies about how much is being spent but without committing. i'm actually surprised. he did not commit the united states to back article five, which is a treaty commitment ...

Jenna. we obviously have a treaty commitment to our nato allies. i would sincerely hope we uphold the security commitments there is truth what you're saying in terms of capabilities, not just in europe but also if you look what is happening in asia where you have the territorial disputes for example, the south china sea, very concerning situation going on there there is a question in the mind especially of allies, that will the united states or the west more generally step forward to participate in their defense, even through things like providing security assistance? often times, jenna, we dr...