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Biden weighs deploying thousands of troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics - daily

2022-01-24
LETA/NYT/TBT Staff

NEW YORK - US President Joe Biden considers deploying thousands of troops, warships and aircraft to NATO allies in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, an expansion of American military involvement amid mounting fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine, according to administration...

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