text:  It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Sasha Pfeiffer. And I'm Steve Inscape. U.S. allies have a reminder this week of how much their fate is tied to the U.S. presidential election. They're in Washington for a NATO summit. And President Biden spoke there about how the North Atlantic Alliance came to the defense of the U.S. after the 9-11 attacks and is now working to support Ukraine. Again and again, we stood behind our shared vision of a peaceful and prosperous transatlantic community.