We Have Some Straight Journalism, But Then

We Must Be Honest In Acknowledging That Neither Germany Nor The Us Has The Luxury Of Assuming That We Can Skate By On Half-measures In Afghanistan And Pakistan And Not Risk Suffering The Consequences.

We're Well Aware, And We Have Been For A Long Time, That There Is A Real Threat From Adversaries, State Actors, Non-state Actors, To Hack Us, Influence Us, Destroy Stuff Through Cyber Means. Because Cyber Threat Has Been Understood For A While, It's Longstanding, It's A Concern.

I Don't Have Time To Think About The False Controversy.

The Youth Thing Never Really, From My Vantage Point, Slowed Me Down. I Think The Harder Audience For Me To Gain Acceptance From Was The Career Diplomatic Corps That Worked With And For Me In The Africa Bureau.

We Also Have Begun To Assess With The Ukrainians The Scope Of Their Larger Security Assistance Requirements. We Have Had Teams Out Making That Assessment With The Ukrainians. And We Have Already Provided Various Forms Of Equipment And Support To Ukraine.