At peace. Which is why all of the things that were talking about here, whether it is allied reassurance and making sure that where we do have treaty commitments, which is to the nato allies, that every millimeter of space is defended, but also to help strengthen and provide more resilience, Political Security and economic to all of the countries in the periphery. Earlier in Vladimir Putins aggression against ukraine i heard a number of Administration Officials saying we were trying to offer an offramp to Vladimir Putin. Does anybody on the panel here believe that Vladimir Putin is looking for an offramp . Hes simply looking for on ramps strategically pausing and looking for the next on ramp. Anybody want to dispute that . I didnt think i dont know they would call it an offramp. I think there was a point early in the crisis where he arguably was. I think as admiral pandolfe said hes trying to keep ukraine out of the west and keep it in a destabilized situation. Whether he seeks to go fu
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