Transcript for President Biden announces strengthened military presence in Europe
FORCE POSTURE CHANGES.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN WHITE
HOUSE CHIEF CORRESPONDENT --
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AS THE
PRESIDENT IS IN MADRID FOR THE
NATO SUMMIT.
WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT
THE ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT
TO UKRAINE'S NATO NEIGHBORS?
WHERE DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
THOUSANDS OF SERVICE MEMBERS
DEPLOYED?
THERE >> YEAH, DIANE, YOU CAN
TELL THEY'RE TRYING TO SEND A
MESSAGE.
THIS WAS A MAJOR MUSCLE
MOVEMENT.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT THOSE
TROOPS IN POLAND, NOW, THE
FIRST PERSONAL --
THINK BACK TO YOU BEFORE
DRESSES INVASION OF UKRAINE.
WE HEARD PRESIDENT PUTIN TALK
ABOUT HOW NATO IS ENCROACHING,
BECOMING MORE OF A THREAT TO
RUSSIA'S BORDERS.
CONCERNED ABOUT A BUILDUP OF
NATO TROOPS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S
GOTTEN.
NOW THE UNITED STATES SENDING
MORE PERMANENT TROOPS TO POLAND,
CLEARLY TRYING TO SEND A
MESSAGE.
>> AND TURKEY HAS PAVED THE WAY
FOR FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO JOIN
NATO.
WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
HAVING THEM JOIN THE ALLIANCE,
AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
SECURITY OVERALL?
>> THE UNITED STATES REALLY
CELEBRATING THE STATEMENT.
THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS SINCE SWEDEN AND FINLAND
SAYING THEY WERE FIRST
INTERESTED IN THIS.
IT REALLY SHOWS THAT NEED HAS
BECOME SO MUCH MORE POPULAR IN
EUROPE.
YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT THOSE TWO
LEADERS SAT NEXT TO THE
PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
WHEN THEY FIRST APPLIED FOR
MEMBERSHIP.
BIDEN WANTING TO PHYSICALLY
SHOW HIS SUPPORT.
NOW IT SHOWS THEY WILL BE
INCLUDED IN THE ALLIANCE.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR THAN IS THAT
WHEN THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE
THEY WILL HAVE THE PROTECTION,
THE COLLECTIVE PROTECTION OF
THE NATO ALLIANCE.
ARTICLE FIVE, IN ATTACK ON ONE
IS AN ATTACK ON ALL.
NATO TROOPS, IN THEORY, WOULD
HAVE TO BE THERE TO PROTECT
THEM AND THEIR
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