a lasting defeat. and in order to do that we need a partner. and we are trying to build that partner in terms of a moderate syrian force and local forces from the region that can with our air power and other kinds of assistance, inflict defeat on isis and then make it a lasting defeat. that s how i would characterize what i see. i m obviously not in the councils of comfort. that s what i infer. when you were in my office we talked about i having just returned from ukraine. when i first walked in senator heinrich was talking about lithuania. their concern was that all of our attention seemed to be in that part of the world concentrated on i crane. it s true. we ve never had i happened to be there when they had their election for the first time in 96 years. they don t have a communist in their government in the ukraine. we have that problem at the same time as the others you re addressing. what do you think about our european strength as it is right now? are we adequate?
a communist in their parliament in ukraine. so we have that problem at the same time as the others you re addressing. what do you think about our european strength as it is right now? are we adequate? are we becoming inadequate? i think that our strength in europe is our alliance with nato and the political solidarity that that represents, which is very important when it comes to the baltic states and also the response in ukraine, which while not a nato nation is certainly a european nation and european unity is an important part of that. so one of our strengths is that. another strength is our military strength. and there i understand that we are adding forces rotational forces to the baltic states as a presence there as a deterrent to any russian kind of adventurism on the part of russia. in those states i certainly support that, and if i m confirmed, i d want to look into what more we can do. i wish the european states and secretary of defenses have said this were invest
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