the us mrs dalton because of course you would know is making good on its threats to pull troops from germany today members of congress have actually appealed to the present of the united states to reconsider that decision they say that moving troops out of germany would play into the habs off russia and china do you agree with that. i spoke at present time to before he made the announcement of his intention of reducing the number of u.s. troops in the germany by 9500 troops. what i was told the president is that you as a presence in europe and it's important for nato it's important for europe but it's also important for united states peace and stability in europe adds to the security of north america and rules out remember that the u.s. presence in germany and europe it's not only about protecting your tip but also about projecting power of the united states beyond europe into the middle east into into africa and afghanistan and elsewhere so so so i strongly believe that we should be together stand together and we had the nato defense minister meeting last week and the secretary of s