putin came to the line a couple of times and saw the defense and called a time-out. i think that was significant. basically from january until february 24th gave the united states the ability to close our embassy skpp got our people's out of harms way and a lot of arms and weapons to the ukrainians. it required consultations with allies and partners. we searched troops to the eastern flank of nato. we have been doing that up until today and the president and commander in chief announced deployment of troops to the eastern flanks it. i think we positioned ourselves well to hold the line at nato. it will fundamental he protect american national security