{"id":1372,"date":"2022-03-23T11:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T11:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/biden-may-announce-u-s-plans-to-maintain-increased-number-of-u-s-troops-in-nato-countries-near-ukraine-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T11:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T11:34:32","slug":"biden-may-announce-u-s-plans-to-maintain-increased-number-of-u-s-troops-in-nato-countries-near-ukraine-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/biden-may-announce-u-s-plans-to-maintain-increased-number-of-u-s-troops-in-nato-countries-near-ukraine-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden may announce U.S. plans to maintain increased number of U.S. troops in NATO countries near Ukraine – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During his trip to Europe this week, President Joe Biden could announce that the United States plans to permanently maintain an increased number of its troops<\/a> deployed in NATO countries near Ukraine, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
The president, who is attending a NATO summit Thursday, recently reviewed options for permanent increases in the number of U.S. troops in Eastern Europe, and Poland is among the possible locations for the additional forces, the sources said.
\u201cWe are looking at additional troop posture adjustments,\u201d an administration official said, adding that no final decisions have been made.
\u201cAt the summit,\u201d\u00a0the official said, \u201cwe expect NATO leaders to review the alliance\u2019s current deterrent and defensive force posture, especially in light of the deteriorated security environment caused by Russia\u2019s unprovoked and unjustified further invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.\u201d
In February, before Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, the Biden administration sent about 2,000 troops from the U.S. to Europe, with most of them going to Poland. The U.S. also deployed about 3,000 troops within Europe, roughly 1,000 of whom were repositioned from Germany to Romania.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that while in Brussels on Thursday, Biden \u201cwill work with allies on longer term adjustments to NATO force posture on the eastern flank.\u201d
Sullivan also said the U.S. will coordinate with allies on adopting new sanctions against Russia and tightening existing ones, and providing new military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. He said the U.S. and its allies will take action aimed at reducing Europe\u2019s dependence on Russian oil.
While in Brussels, Biden will also meet with the Group of Seven countries and address the European Union before traveling to Poland.
NATO is\u00a0also\u00a0discussing\u00a0some potential announcements Thursday as well, according to U.S. and NATO officials.\u00a0
The alliance could announce\u00a0the\u00a0addition\u00a0of a new chemical and biological weapons unit to the NATO Response Force\u00a0and\u00a0new\u00a0so-called\u00a0battle groups that\u00a0would be used to organize additional troops into multinational, combat-ready units that would each be led by one of the participating countries, the officials said. The potential announcements would come as NATO prepares to base significantly more troops in its eastern flank countries.
Asked for comment, NATO referred NBC News to Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg\u2019s remarks last week, in which he said alliance members\u2019 military commanders were tasked with developing options for hardening defenses across land, air, sea, cyber and space. \u201cOn land, our new posture should include substantially more forces in the eastern part of the alliance, at higher readiness,\u201d Stoltenberg said.\u00a0
A spokesperson for the National Security Council directed questions about the alliance\u2019s possible announcements to NATO.
The Pentagon declined to comment.
Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.
Carol E. Lee is an NBC News correspondent.
Kristen Welker is chief White House correspondent for NBC News.
Josh Lederman is an NBC News correspondent.
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