Government wasnt warned nato secretary general stoltenberg wasnt warned so there was more concern about how this was done than perhaps what the actual eventual movements might be but as stephan just explained there may be bureaucratic reasons why it doesnt happen at all and we got some hints about that earlier this week ahead of the nato minister ariel from the u. S. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison she said that she expects this decision to be made by the Incoming Administration and thats not all she told us about what the plans may be lets hear from her i want to say that the announcement about troops in germany was also an announcement that the troops all the troops that were there before would be in europe its just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so but has been well is just been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at where it is at the time that they take over so in fact when
It doesnt happen at all and we got some hints about that earlier this week ahead of the nato minister ariel from the u. S. Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison she said that she expects this decision to be made by the Incoming Administration and thats not all she told us about what the plans may be lets hear from her i want to say that the announcement about troops in germany was also an announcement that the troops all the troops that were there before would be in europe its just whether or not they stay in germany or whether they are moved to other places in certain instances so but it has been well it is been put forward but it certainly will be open for another administration to look at where it is at the time that they take over so in fact when President Trump made this announcement he said very clearly that he thought he may be bringing troops home from europe out of europe back to the United States and that is not what the ambassador is saying now at the time he said he may put some
Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
Studio. Plus many are calling it a Seismic Shift fulfill the promise announces a Game Changing Distribution Plan for 2021 us fans for joy sing but fear to owners down in the dumps. Because you have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance off the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on his support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july this year the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000. 00 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephanie this is. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not under the reigns of this administration of the t
What is the most glaring or salient way in which the transatlantic relationship is likely to change with the incoming biden administration. Well biden also people have picked for his cabinet and his kind of close coworkers are very committed to transit lantus as spies having that said we have to keep in mind that it was president obama who came out with this doctrine leading from behind and this is something President Biden will continue to do he will ask your own people ask. Germany to pay their fair share in the Defense Community to pay more money for their own military equipment so its gonna be a tricky part for President Biden because for sure he doesnt want to send back troops overseas and hurt military families that wouldnt be good policies either so its going to be tricky but i think it is fair to say that hes very committed to stable and consistent transatlantic relationships. Washington bureau chief in his poll reporting to us there from the u. S. Capital thank you and as bang