General Ben Hodges, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe, sat down with VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb to discuss Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Islamic State threat to European allies and U.S. women in combat.
Hodges told VOA that Russia has “changed the security environment in Europe.” He said the Crimea crisis would be a longer-term challenge as Russia has “shown zero indication that they are willing to walk away” from the peninsula.
On the Islamic State threat in Europe, Hodges said that to preserve the perimeter of the EU, there must be the ability to share security information and even …read more
Source: Voice of America
