U.S. Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Ambassador Michael R. Carpenter speaks to the media during a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. The OSCE is Europe's largest security organization, one founded to maintain peace and stability on the continent. Russia's war against Ukraine is among the greatest challenges the body has faced in its nearly half century of existence. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)