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Obama: U.S. to send 1K troops to Poland

By Susan Crabtree
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Obama: U.S. to send 1K troops to Poland

President Obama, in Poland for the NATO summit Friday, confirmed an agreement among the allied Western nations to deploy 3,000 to 4,000 coalition troops to eastern Poland and the Baltic states to provide a bulwark against Russian aggression.

Emerging from a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Obama said the United States will serve as the lead nation for the beefed-up troop presence in Poland.

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