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So there are no signs of a de-escalation. i should say, you know, it is early. it is still possible they could move some back. but, again, at this point, according to the defense officials i'm speaking with her there are no indications that they are doing that. secretary of defense lloyd austin is in brussels right now meeting with his nato counterparts and met for the first time with his german counter part today there. as part of it. and some of the things that we're watching for out of there are additional troop commitments. one we've already heard about, the british government and ministry...

Budget works. he did threaten, at one point, that he would reconsider the american involvement. it was very revealing, as goeff said, at the press conference this morning. he said, nato is of interest to the europeans, not so much to us. we've always believed as americans, going back to the 1940s, that our security depends on europe. we have to be physically present in europe through our troop commitments to ensure our security, as well as europe's security. that's the fundamental basis of nato. i was ambassador on 9/11 at nato. all the allies came to our defense. they went into afghanistan. t...

Our best interests across the world. some of us have to give up our lives. you know, i volunteered myself. others have volunteered knowing full well that that may be the consequence. so you know, we have to face reality. we live in an incredibly dangerous world. these people would kill every american given the opportunity. these dangers are not going away, neil. so, you know, i celebrate the heroism of our young troops and i thank people like general dunford. >> neil: okay. guys, i'm sorry to jump on you there. i want to thank you all for timing the time in this long press conference. very imp...

Will we see a slide toward more troop commitments overseas? >> i think the secretary has laid out that he has a very specific footprint that he wants to put over there right now which involves the -- bringing in several hundred more troops. but to do more offensive operations. we already have a pretty big foot print there right now with people who are doing training missions. we may need to expand the training mission in order for those forces, the iraqi, kurdish and other forces to link up with our special forces so they can do these very advanced and deep missions inside of syria. >> will th...

Every candiate since 2012 would have gone to war including two that are here tonight. there are people out there calling for troop commitments in iraq, permanent troop commitments in afghanistan. syria, egypt, and the list goes on and on. where do you draw the line? what should america's foreign policy be with the limited constraints on us? >> it should be to focus on making sure america is safe. and when you have elements in that region of the world who are attacked and threatened to attack us in the future, then we have an obligation to make sure that doesn't happen, that's why -- >> so syri...