Down in the dumps. Im michael good to have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance of the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on voices support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephan siemens has. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not on the reigns of this administration of the triumvirate ministration as you pointed out. Budget Defense Budget package which is 4500. 00 pages that is a double whopper theyre. Saying that they 1st Want Congress se
Studio. Plus many are calling it a Seismic Shift fulfill the promise announces a Game Changing Distribution Plan for 2021 us fans for joy sing but fear to owners down in the dumps. Because you have you with us lawmakers in the u. S. Congress are preparing to block president Donald Trumps order to withdraw u. S. Troops from germany its a rare instance off the democratic and republican parties working together to pass legislation the final version of the annual defense bill which still needs to be voted on his support for the continued presence of u. S. Forces in germany and it would require an Impact Assessment before any troops are removed in july this year the pentagon announced it would withdraw about a 3rd of the 36000. 00 u. S. Troops based here. So how likely is it that u. S. Troops will not be withdrawn from germany washington correspondent stephanie this is. Actually it is very likely that there wont be any withdrawal at least not under the reigns of this administration of the t
What is the most glaring or salient way in which the transatlantic relationship is likely to change with the incoming biden administration. Well biden also people have picked for his cabinet and his kind of close coworkers are very committed to transit lantus as spies having that said we have to keep in mind that it was president obama who came out with this doctrine leading from behind and this is something President Biden will continue to do he will ask your own people ask. Germany to pay their fair share in the Defense Community to pay more money for their own military equipment so its gonna be a tricky part for President Biden because for sure he doesnt want to send back troops overseas and hurt military families that wouldnt be good policies either so its going to be tricky but i think it is fair to say that hes very committed to stable and consistent transatlantic relationships. Washington bureau chief in his poll reporting to us there from the u. S. Capital thank you and as bang
He has made this american 1st policy a priority. He talked a lot about making his goal to leave all foreign wars as part of the nationalist america 1st policy so he announced actually to withdraw american troops from afghanistan and iraq even before the nato mission is officially completed and regarding germany he. Plans in june as we just heard to withdraw close 220000 of the 36000 u. S. Troops based in germany citing a villains failure to meet its nato spending commitments but the bill we are talking about now states that Congress Continues to value germany as a strong nato partner and that u. S. Troops in germany are a central importance for supporting u. S. Missions in the countrys. Civil horn just talked about. What is likely to be the most significant change to come in the transatlantic lation share with the incoming biden did ministration. Well for President Biden its going to be a tightrope i mean he certainly does not want to be the president to send more troops bag overseas a
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