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U.S. Reassures Europe of Commitment to NATO

This year’s Munich Security Conference (February 17-19) brought together leaders from all over the world to discuss the current state of global affairs and the transatlantic defense partnership. Julianne Smith, Director of the Strategy and Statecraft Program at the Center for a New American Security, attended the conference. She spoke to The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder about the major takeaways for European and transatlantic security.

Julianne Smith: The top five main takeaways would be one, the administration was trying very hard to convince the European audience that it will remain committed to the transatlantic relationship, and many folks in the audience were skeptical that that message truly came from the President himself.

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