fighters, four carriers, many more surface combatants. the military capable of nato is very, very significant. in addition to bordering russia and belarus and moldova, they border hungary and romania. the a second has authorized the united states military to increase our readiness in the event we have to reinforce or assist our nato allies. war is not inevitable, as the secretary said. the right answer here is a diplomatic solution. i look forward to your questions. >> thanks, general. we'll turn to questions now. we'll start with leta. >> reporter: thank you both for