new enhanced defense cooperation agreement locations, and both secretary austin and secretary gulvez noted a key pillar of alliance cooperation and supports combined training exercises and interoperability. separately the department of defense announced today a significant new package of security assistance for ukraine. this includes the authorization of a presidential draw down of security assistance, valued at up to $425 million, as well as $1.75 billion in ukraine security assistance initiative funds. the presidential draw down is the 31st such draw down of equipment from d.o.d. inventories for ukraine. in total the u.s. has committed $32 billion in security assistance to ukraine since 2014, and $29.3 billion since russia s unprovoked and illegal invasion nearly one year ago this month. today s announcement includes critical air defense