"The president and I will not tolerate attacks on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops," Austin added at the start of meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon.
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"As the president said yesterday, we will respond and that response could be multi-leveled, come in stages and be sustained over time,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.