00:00I'm proud to assure them that they have the full, total, complete backing of the United States of America.
00:08Today, my administration is submitting to the United States Congress reports on NATO accession for both countries
00:16so the Senate can efficiently and quickly move on advising and consenting to the treaty.
00:24The bottom line is simple, quite straightforward.
00:27Finland and Sweden make NATO stronger, not just because of their capacity, but their strong, strong democracies.
00:39And we will never fail in our pledge to defend every single inch of NATO territory.
00:48I welcome Sweden and Finland choosing that responsibility as well.
00:54This is going to benefit all of our people.
00:57And today, the President, Prime Minister and I committed that we're going to work together to remain vigilant
01:04against the threats to our shared security and deter and confront any aggression while Finland and Sweden are in this
01:14accession process.
01:15New members joining NATO is not a threat to any nation.
01:20It never has been.
01:23NATO's purpose is to defend against aggression.
01:26That's its purpose, to defend and let no one make a mistake of the meaning of this historic day.
01:35In the face of aggression, NATO has not grown weaker or more divided.
01:41It has grown stronger.
01:43Driven mother's effort is given psychologically and
01:43against aggression.
01:43Grazie.
