U.S. to open air detachment in Poland: White House

Source: Reuters

U.S. to open air detachment in Poland: White House
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WARSAW (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will announce a deal on Saturday to set up a U.S. air detachment to serve warplanes that will rotate through Poland, the White House said on Friday.

Poland, a NATO ally since 1999, has been pressing for a permanent U.S. military presence on its soil as a clear security guarantee, especially in the face of a more assertive Russia.

"It will be a small permanent presence on the ground and then a rotational presence that will be more substantial," Liz Sherwood Randall, a senior White House national security official, told reporters on board Air Force One that brought Obama to Poland on Friday afternoon for a two-day visit.



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Just what we need to pay for.

Also, this will totally not piss off Putin at all.

runways, hangars, officers' and nco clubs, golf course, gym, tennis and squash courts, shopping mall, housing, medical facilities, etc.

And yes, czar putin will not be amused.

expanding our military so we can protect the criminals that plunder other nations.When will the madness end?.