President Biden says he will send US troops to Eastern Europe and NATO countries in the 'near term' as the Ukraine-Russia conflict simmers
President Joe Biden has announced he will be sending US troops to Eastern European and NATO countries"in the near term."
"I’ll be moving troops to Eastern Europe and the NATO countries in the near term. Not too many," Biden told reporters on return to Washington from a speech in Philadelphia. The deployment would be as much politically as militarily significant, bolstering US involvement in the brewing conflict.
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