Poland Hails Pence's Russia Stance and Seeks More U.S. Troops
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A US soldier is pictured during a welcome of the US Armys 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division for the inauguration of a bilateral military training of US and Polish Forces in support of the Atlantic Resolve operation in Zagan, Poland on January 30, 2017. US troops are being deployed in Poland under Operation Atlantic Resolve. Armoured brigade numbering over 3.500 soldiers and 2.700 vehicles and pieces of equipment will conduct bilateral trainings at Polish military bases in Zagan, Boleslawiec, Swietoszow and Skwierzyna. / AFP / NATALIA DOBRYSZYCKA (Photo credit should read NATALIA DOBRYSZYCKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Natalia Dobryszycka/AFP via Getty ImagesPoland needs more U.S. forces on its soil to bolster defenses against Russia and welcomes U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s assurance that the U.S. is committed to the NATO alliance, the country’s defense minister said.
“This is good news for Poland and the Baltics,” Antoni Macierewicz said in an interview during an international security conference in Munich. U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “know how to deal with Russia” by confronting President Vladimir Putin with strength, he said.