ambassador to nato in the final years of 0bama's tenure. he's in salt lake city, utah. thanks very much indeed for joining us. i wonder what you made alljoe biden�*s comments today. in spite of everything we have heard about the us being caught short on what has happened, there wasn't a lot of contrition and there was a lot of defiance. i contrition and there was a lot of defiance.— of defiance. i think the president _ of defiance. i think the president made - of defiance. i think the president made out. of defiance. i think the president made out a i of defiance. i think the - president made out a strong, compelling argument for the basis of his decision announced in april to the american people, to fully withdraw american forces. i did hear him take responsibility. he said, i take responsibility. he said, i take my share of the responsibility, with my predecessors, for the mistake and miscalculations. since he has only been in office for six months, he is talking mostly about the mistakes of the last weeks, with regard to