we will just take a brief pause whilst we wait for the ambassador, honorable julianne smith, u.s. ambassador to nato in brussels for a conversation moderated by andrew desiderio, senior congressional reporter with "punchbowl news." so we will be back in just one moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back everybody. we're pleased to turn to the next session which is the speakers spotlight discussion with the honorable julianne smith, use ambassador to nato. moderated by andrew desiderio, senior congressional reporter with punchbowl news. andrew, over two. >> thank you very much and thank you much to all of you for joining us here in person as well as on the live stream for today's event, a back to business birthday priority for the 2024 nato summit here in washington. my name is andrew desiderio, senior congressional reporter for punchbowl news when we cover the power, people and politics that drive the decision making in our nation's capital, specifica