00:00And they want to give protection.
00:01They feel very strongly about it.
00:02And we'll help them out with that.
00:04I think it's very important.
00:05I think it's very important to get the deal done.
00:07We will give them very good protection, very good security.
00:10That's part of it.
00:11And the people that are waiting for us.
00:12Well, I know Ukrainian people.
00:14I've known many over the years.
00:16They're great people.
00:17They're smart.
00:17They're energetic.
00:19They love their country.
00:21Can you explain the decision to offer Ukraine Article 5 life security guarantees
00:28but stop short of pushing for their full membership?
00:31Yeah, well, we haven't done anything on that yet.
00:34If you look back and you go back long before President Putin,
00:39it was always a statement that they would never allow Ukraine into NATO.
00:42So that was a statement that was made.
00:44But we haven't discussed any of that yet.
00:46We're going to be discussing it today.
00:48But we will give them very good protection, very good security.
00:51That's part of it.
00:51And the people that are waiting for us, they are, I think, they're very like-minded.
00:56They want to help out all of us.
00:58Well, I don't know if you define it that way, but NATO-like.
01:01I mean, we're going to give-we have people waiting in another room right now.
01:05They're all here from Europe, biggest people in Europe.
01:09And they want to give protection.
01:10They feel very strongly about it.
01:11And we'll help them out with that.
01:13I think it's very important.
01:14I think it's very important to get the deal done.
01:16You've been involved in the peacekeeping in Ukraine since your first day in the administration.
01:25What would you say to the Ukrainian people right now who are suffering under the Russian attacks
01:32and hoping that the Afghan people will stand with them?
01:36Well, I know Ukrainian people.
01:37I've known many over the years.
01:39They're great people.
01:40They're smart.
01:41They're energetic.
01:42They love their country.
01:44I mean, they love their country.
01:46And we want to get this war ended.
01:47That's all I can do.
01:49I love the Ukrainian people.
01:50But I love all people.
01:51I love the Russian people.
01:52I love them all.
01:54I want to get the war stopped.
01:55Very important.
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