of that? >> first of all there is this concept of the european army or the european military and our position is very clear, that you can do extra things over and above your nato commitment, if you want, but don't undercut nato. don't try to have this as a substitute program for nato. the french are on track or at least they say they're on track to meet their nato commitments. the germans are not. we still don't have a single politician in germany who has stood up and said "we will meet the nato commitment of 2% by 2024". what we heard from the germans is that they will have 1.5% by 2024 so we're looking for countries who are members of nato to make their commitments known and, you know, it's only fair. we talk about burden sharing. the one thing to remember is that there are 33,000 american men and women here in germany alone that are committed to