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This is

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I was

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no , it's an issue . Hold

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that it up .

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Let me see .

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I

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that's fine . All right .

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Thank you very much , dear , Secretary

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Austin , your colleagues . Thank you

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very much , General Kavala . Thank you

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very much for coming . Um And uh first

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of all , um thank you ,

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American people , President Biden and

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bipartisan support . We , we are

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thankful for all those support from the

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United States that's been done for

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Ukraine from the very beginning of this

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war . Thank you so much and thank you

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for the last hour meeting in

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Brussels on the platform of the Ukraine

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NATO Council . Thank you so much . It

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was an opportunity to make a direct

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dialogue with the Ministers of defense

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of our allies . And after that , I know

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that it was a very good meeting on the

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level of ministers , Defense Minister

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on G7 . Thank you so much . According

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to our last dialogue , I

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think very positive dialogue with the

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President Biden by phone . We discussed

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a lot of things and by the way , thanks

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for the last package supporting our

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soldiers and we discussed a

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lot of important things about victory

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plan about preparing for winter is our

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air defense capabilities , how to

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strengthen all this . And we discuss

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also some details which will be I think ,

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sorry out of camp about next packages

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which are crucial for us , especially

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now this challenging winter period .

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And we discuss all this with the

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president . I want to continue , maybe

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we will have some results . No , I'm

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sure that we will have some important

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results . You are very welcome again .

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Thank you uh Mr President . Uh

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It's great to see you again . Uh Thanks

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for hosting us here in Kiev . I'm

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honored to be back in Ukraine for my

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fourth visit as Secretary of Defense

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and under your leadership , Ukraine has

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fought valiantly to defend its

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democracy , its sovereignty and its

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citizens . United States understands

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the stakes here , Mr President , the

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outcome of Putin's War of choice

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matters to us and to the entire world

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and that's why I continue to convene

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the Ukraine defense contact group . We

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saw the contact group firsthand last

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month at Ramstein Airbase . We moved

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heaven on earth to help Ukraine in that

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inspiring coalition of more than 50

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allies and partners continues to stand

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united to provide your country with the

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security assistance that Ukraine needs

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to prevail . Under President Biden's

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leadership , the United States remains

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committed to keeping up this support .

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And so I'm pleased to announce today ,

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the commitment of a $400 million

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presidential drawdown package to

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provide your forces with additional

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munitions , armored vehicles and any

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tank weapons while the focus on

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Ukraine's immediate needs uh uh goes

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on . We're also committed to sustaining

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your support uh as pledged by in the

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bilateral security agreement that you

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and President Biden signed in July . So

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I look forward to a good discussion

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today , Mr President and to hearing

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your thoughts on how to further

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strengthen our strategic partnership .

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Thank you again , Mr President and it's

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great to be here with you . Thank you .

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Thank you . Thank you .