Good evening. I'm John Yang.

White House envoys met again with Ukrainian officials in Miami today to discuss President Trump's proposed path to peace in Ukraine.

It was their seventh meeting over two weeks, including a session this past Sunday that included Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The State Department said they've agreed on a key item,

a peacekeeping arrangement for post-war Ukraine. The administration's national security strategy

released this week says ending the war is a core U.S. interest in order to stabilize European

economies, prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war, and reestablish strategic

stability with Russia.

The congressionally mandated document reflects a shift from the stance of previous administrations,

including Mr. Trump's first term.

Earlier, I spoke with Matthew Kronig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Atlantic Council's

Skokroft Center for Strategy and Security.

He helped write similar strategy statements under President's George W. Bush and Obama, and in the

first Trump term.

I think overall it was a good document with strengths, but also with weaknesses.

So strengths, a good strategy, should tell you what's new and different.

And this one did that with the focus on the Western Hemisphere.

It also had some new ideas for new challenges, how the United States can maintain technological

leadership.

So I think those were the strengths.

On the weaknesses, I think it downplayed democracy and human rights, which I think is a mistake. It was probably too critical of our European allies. And I think also downplayed the challenges we face from autocratic rivals like China. You're at the Reagan National Defense Forum right now, and I suspect there are representatives

from Europe. What are you hearing from them or from others at the forum about this document?

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