The brookings institution. My name is john allen. I am the president of bookings and im pleased this morning to look mauer honored guest, the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. Been chairford has of the joint chiefs of staff and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. They commanded all forces in afghanistan. General dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. I can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. In 1996, Lieutenant Colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. Years later in kabul we would repeat that. He would take command of the war effort in afghanistan. His storied career spans more than four decades of Brilliant Service to our country and to the world. In peace and in crisis and in war. And as the u. S. Navigates multi
We all truly needed it. Much has happened in the last month in your country. Many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and about our common security. For us to pretend that everything is the way it used to be. Thank you for being so open and frank with me, mr. Vice president. Today i had words which are promising of the future. Words that explain a lot about the about the approach of the new administration in washington. I repaid our guest by offering honesty in my assessment of the situation. I shared our concerns. Incurable i am an proamerican european who is dogmatically devoted to transatlantic cooperation, i could afford to be outspoken even more. I asked the Vice President directly if he shared my opinions of three key matters. International order. And the attitude of the new American Administration towards the European Union. Firstly, i expressed my belief that maintaining order based on the rules of international law. Ere the root life in the interests of th
Sec. Gen stoltenberg good afternoon. Vice president pence, welcome to nato headquarters. It is a great honor and a pleasure to have you here. And once after you took office. And a few days after your great speech in munich where you so clearly declared the strong commitment and the unwavering support of the United States to the transatlantic bond. And we welcome that. Because we see the strong commitment of the United States to the transatlantic bond, not only in words but also in deeds. These days the United States is deploying new forces, Additional Forces to europe which is of great importance to the security of europe and which demonstrates this strong transatlantic commitment of the United States. We are very grateful for this commitment. You also stressed that just as the u. S. Stood with europe, europe stood with the United States. We have to remember that the only time that the alliance has invoked our collective defense clause, article five, was after the attack on the United
News conference. Topics included the ceasefire between russia and ukraine. This is 15 minutes. Pres. Tusk mr. Vice president , dear friends, let me first of all thank you for this meeting. We all truly needed it. Much has happened in the last month in your country. Many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and about our common security. For us to pretend that everything is the way it used to be. Thank you for being so open and frank with me, mr. Vice president. Today i had words which are promising of the future. Words that explain a lot about the about the approach of the new administration in washington. I repaid our guest by offering honesty in my assessment of the situation. I shared our concerns. Incurable i am an proamerican european who is dogmatically devoted to transatlantic cooperation, i could afford to be outspoken even more. I asked the Vice President directly if he shared my opinions of three key matters. International order. And the attitude of the ne
Sec. Gen stoltenberg good afternoon. Vice president pence, welcome to nato headquarters. It is a great honor and a pleasure to have you here. And once after you took office. And a few days after your great speech in munich where you so clearly declared the strong commitment and the unwavering support of the United States to the transatlantic bond. And we welcome that. Because we see the strong commitment of the United States to the transatlantic bond, not only in words but also in deeds. These days the United States is deploying new forces, Additional Forces to europe which is of great importance to the security of europe and which demonstrates this strong transatlantic commitment of the United States. We are very grateful for this commitment. You also stressed that just as the u. S. Stood with europe, europe stood with the United States. We have to remember that the only time that the alliance has invoked our collective defense clause, article five, was after the attack on the United