Secretary of State Rex Tillerson touted the imminent deployment of a “U.S.-enhanced” battalion of NATO forces to Poland during his first visit to an alliance ministerial on Friday.

“The NATO alliance is also fundamental to countering both non-violent, but at times violent, Russian agitation and Russian aggression,” Tillerson said Friday. “These are not just words. Tomorrow, a U.S. enhanced, forward presence battalion will be deployed in Poland.”

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