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US Abrams tanks at Grafenwöhr, Germany

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Jan 27, 2015

US Examining Sites in Eastern Europe for Pre-Positioning 220 Armored Vehicles

By John Vandiver and Michael Darnell, Stars and Stripes

U.S. Army Europe will soon dispatch a survey team to eastern Europe to scout locations for tanks and other military hardware as part of a broader effort to bolster the U.S. military presence in a region rattled by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, the Army’s top commander in Europe said Friday.

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President Barack Obama, June 3, 2014

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Goes Out of His Way to Exclude Military Response to Russian Aggression in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

I’ve been very clear that it would not be effective for us to engage in a military conflict with Russia on this issue, but what we can do is to continue to support Ukraine’s ability to control its own territory.

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President Barack Obama, Nov. 16, 2009

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Points to Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

We are deeply concerned about the latest break in the cease-fire and the aggression that these separatists — with Russian backing, Russian equipment, Russian financing, Russian training and Russian troops — are conducting.

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Jan 22, 2015

US-India: Enhancing ties

By South Asia Center

On January 16, the South Asia Center hosted Senator Mark R Warner (D-VA) at the Atlantic Council. After an introduction by Governor Jon Huntsman, the Senator spoke about US-India ties in light of President Obama’s upcoming trip to India to attend the Republic Day celebration. He highlighted the achievements the two nations have made in […]

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President Barack Obama, Jan. 25, 2011

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Jan 21, 2015

Transatlantic Priorities in Obama’s State of the Union Address

By White House

My first duty as commander in chief is to defend the United States of America.

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Canadian soldiers returning fire in Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2007

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Jan 20, 2015

Canadian Special Forces Are First Western Troops in Ground Battle with ISIL

By AFP

Canadian special forces exchanged gunfire with Islamic State fighters in Iraq in recent days, in the first confirmed ground battle between Western troops and IS, a senior officer said Monday.

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Gen. Martin Dempsey, Jan. 6, 2012

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Jan 20, 2015

Dempsey: Terrorism and Russian Aggression Threaten European Security

By Lisa Ferdinando, DoD News

Terrorism and Russian aggression are two “very distinct threats” to European security, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Russia-Belarus military exercise Zapad, Sept. 26, 2013

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Jan 16, 2015

Russia Could Soon Run Multiple Ukraine-Sized Operations: US General

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia is working to develop within a few years the capability to threaten several neighbors at once on the scale of its present operation in Ukraine, a senior American general said.

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Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama, Jan. 16, 2015

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Jan 16, 2015

David Cameron ‘Endangering Special Relationship with America’ by not Protecting Defense Spending

By Ben Riley-Smith, Telegraph

David Cameron will damage Britain’s special relationship with America if he fails to keep defence spending above 2 per cent of GDP, the UK’s former defence attaché in Washington DC has warned.

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FSA rebels cleaning their AK47s, Oct. 19, 2012

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Jan 16, 2015

US To Send 400 Trainers and Hundreds More Troops to Train Syrian Rebels

By Gordon Lubold, Defense One

The Pentagon will deploy more than 400 U.S. military trainers and hundreds more supporting personnel to four training sites in three countries as early as March as part of a long-awaited plan to help rebel forces to stabilize Syria.

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