Zach Nunn: “I am a bit curious, though, how a vote on an amendment that is asking what it is going to cost to expand NATO and how…”

“I am a bit curious, though, how a vote on an amendment that is asking what it is going to cost to expand NATO and how much the American taxpayers are going to pay--that that information is tilted. I really do not understand the logic that says that we do not want to know what the strategy is going to be as we expand the defense alliance that involves possible commitment of American forces and the possible--in fact, automatic, if there is an article V protection for full NATO members, an automatic basic nuclear umbrella being extended, meaning that we are willing to, in an extreme situation, use nuclear weapons, if we have to, to defend our allies. That is a serious undertaking. I am not sure why there is any reluctance to ask the President to tell us what the strategy is. Is that something we do not want to know? If he cannot give us the complete strategy, and if he says there are certain contingencies, fine, that is what he will answer. But why should we be afraid to ask the question?”