US ambassador to NATO tells Europe to overhaul military infrastructure to allow for rapid deployments

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Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, told a crowd at the Warsaw Security Forum that the alliance should overhaul its military infrastructure to allow fast deployments from Western to Eastern Europe.

Whitaker spoke about the importance of “moving things from the west to the east” when it comes to military movements. He also said that moving eastward is important because Eastern Europe is “where we would expect any future conflict,” according to multiple outlets.

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