"America provides leadership in NATO, we have the opportunity to lead," Hutchison quotes RIA Novosti.
The diplomat clarified that she does not agree with the statements of French President Emanuel Macron about the "brain death" of NATO and considers the alliance necessary.
“I don’t think Europe will be safer without a transatlantic link,” she added.
On November 16, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Driin held a meeting during which they discussed the importance of NATO.
On November 7, Emmanuel Macron told The Economist that NATO was in a state of "brain death."