poland that even as a young member of nato, there's no such thing as a new member of nato, that they're all treated alike and the u.s. and ally also rush to poland's defense no matter what. the other big theme picks up on something that the president talked about in france at the g8 summit where he says he sees similarities, parallels between the arab spring playing out in the middle east and north africa and what happened here in central and eastern europe after the crumbling of the berlin wall, the fall of the soviet union, the struggle -- the transition to democracy. there may be some lessons learned from the past that could be pitch toll now in the middle east and north africa. along the way at this joint news conference with the polish prime minister, the president made an impassioned plea to the american people. >> even at a time when we have fiscal constraints, even at a time where i spend most of my day thinking about our economy, i want the american people to understand we've got to leave room for us to continue our