group of very patriotic americans, and to represent the u.s. foreign service, the diplomatic arm of our government, we don't fight with weapons, we fight with ideas and words. my number one job here is to try to help ukraine defend itself. >> in terms of ukraine's ability to defend itself, i think that so many americans who have been horrified by the invasion, and who are supportive of the people of ukraine and what they are contending with in this war, i live in western new england, in multiple states driving around this country, i see people putting out ukrainian flags and from their houses. not without their political messages or anything, just support for ukraine. i think because there is so much support for ukraine in the united states, i worry that, perhaps the u.s. government, that perhaps the u.s. media is telling the american people what they want to hear about ukraine's likelihood of succeeding in this effort. we are more interested in hearing about ukrainian bravery, and...