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Government, riots in kyiv, confusion, obfuscation so that there would not be an effective defense. so the first word we might get in the west is there's some big demonstration in kyiv and they've stormed the parliament and then everybody said, well, who was that? and then the russians would be saying, the ukrainian people, they don't like the idea of joining nato, so it would get all bollocksed up. and that's the way putin would preforedo it. there have been a couple of efforts in that direction so far. nothing has taken off. i think the ukrainian people are dead set against being a part of th...

Travel to ukraine if you are an american citizen, and if you are there, leave ukraine. and you can go to the state department website. >> some advisories before afghanistan, too, and did not forestall the evacuation crisis. >> that's also correct. >> rest assured, david, whatever task the united states military is called upon to accomplish, we'll be prepared to do it. let's go back to the phone and reach out to phil stewart. >> yes, hi, i have a question for both of you. secretary austin, president biden's decision to rule out calling u.s. forces to combat russia early in the crisis must have ...

And i thought they were successful on all three counts. as an intel guy, i have to comment about the range of options available to putin. and this is the great illustration of the holy grail for intelligence, which is determining plans and intentions. and we really don't know what putin's intentions are. i am in the school that says i don't think he's made up his mind yet. and he, from his standpoint, has accomplished a lot in terms of just garnering attention, global attention to what he feels is his plight and characterizing himself and russia as victims. and i would just foot stomp somethin...

All. and as president biden has said, the united states holds this as a sacred obligation. and we will do right by that commitment. mr. putin can do the right thing as well. there's no reason that this situation has to devolve into conflict. he can choose to de-escalate. he can order his troops away. he can choose dialogue and diplomacy. whatever he decides, the united states will stand with our allies and partners. i want to briefly address two other items before we open it up for questions. first, on wednesday, i was honored to join the president when he signed an executive order to help us ...

This is going to be a gigantic change. >> reporter: but tensions building overseas are threatening on overshadow his efforts. >> i don't think this is about trusting putin. this is about our allies trusting us. >> reporter: top brass at the pentagon warning about the horrific outcome if russian president putin invades ukraine. >> the russian federation has amassed upwards at this time of over 100,000 ground forces, air forces, naval forces, special forces, cyber, electronic warfare, command and control, logistics, engineers, and other capabilities along the ukraine border. >> reporter: but the...