Given the task definition and input, reply with output. You will be given a context and a verb separated with a newline character, and you have to answer if the given verb can be anchored in time or not. We say a verb can be anchored in the real timeline if and only if a verb happened in the past, is happening now, or is guaranteed to happen in the future. The output should be "Yes" if the verb can be anchored in time and "No" otherwise.

The State Department says the three new members  enhance NATO's ability to fulfill its core mission of collective defense, respond to a range of security challenges and reduce the possibility of another major conflict in Europe of the kind that has claimed so many American lives.  NATO Secretary General Javier Solana says,  The accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland... is perhaps the clearest demonstration of the fact that Europe is (growing) closer together.   
 Verb: growing

Yes