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The new U.S. military deployments include a permanent headquarters for the U.S. 5th Army Corps in Poland — a move that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long resisted — as well as additional rotational combat brigades to Romania; enhanced rotational deployments to the Baltic region; increasing the number of destroyers stationed at Rota, Spain, from four to six; and deploying two additional F-35 squadrons to the United Kingdom.
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What will it do to inflation and the US economy?
Biden announces enhanced U.S. posture in Europe
MADRID — President Biden said the United States will enhance its force posture in Europe — including the first permanent U.S. forces on NATO’s eastern flank — in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The new U.S. military deployments include a permanent headquarters for the U.S. 5th Army Corps in Poland — a move that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long resisted — as well as additional rotational combat brigades to Romania; enhanced rotational deployments to the Baltic region; increasing the number of destroyers stationed at Rota, Spain, from four to six; and deploying two additional F-35 squadrons to the United Kingdom.
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