security capacity that would usually accompany a president. so we were heading into the unknown. because this was unprecedented. the president was up much of the night, not so much worried about his safety as he was worried about making sure that he was going to maximize hi time on the ground in kyiv. that he would have the kind of conversations face-to-face with president zelenskyy that would allow us to move forward in our support and most importantly that he could stand up and say to the world, from right there in kyiv, that a year ago people were bracing for the fall of kyiv. and a year later, kyiv stands. ukraine stands. and america stands with kyiv and there is no more powerful way to send that message than to have the american president go do that. so it was a mixture of deep anxiety, but also a kind of building pride about serving a president and being part of a country that is trying to support ukraine in its hour of need. but, jake, there does seem to be a pattern.
airspace, did not control the ground, and we are entering a country at war, a capital at war, a country subject to repeated bombardment by the russians. and without any of the normal security capacity that usually accompanies a president. so, we are heading into the unknown. because this was unprecedented. the president was up much of the night, not so much worried about his safety as he was worried about making sure that he was going to maximize his time on the ground in kyiv, that he was going to have the kind of conversations face to face with president zelenskyy that would allow us to move forward in our support. and most importantly, that he could stand up and say to the world, from right there in kyiv as you just heard clarissa ward say that, a year ago, people were bracing for the fall of kyiv.
in the dark for a ten-hour trip overnight to arrive in kyiv the following morning. and as you said, the united states didn t control the airspace, didn t control the ground, we were entering a country at war heading to a capital at war, a country that has been subject to routine and repeated bombardments by the russians and without any of the normal security capacity that would usually accompany a president so we were heading into the unknown because this was unprecedented. the president was up much of the night not so much worried about his safety as he was worried about making sure that he was going to maximize his time on the ground in kyiv, that he was going to have the kind of conversations face-to-face with president zelenskyy that would allow us to move forward in our support and most importantly that he could stand up and say to the world from right there in kyiv as you just heard clarissa say that a year ago people were bracing for the fall of kyiv and
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