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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, second from right, accompanied by the leaders of Baltic states, from left, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, speaks during a news conference following their meeting in the Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Monday, July 31, 2017. Pence is visiting Estonia to meet the leaders to underscore America's commitment to NATO and convey Washington's support to the Baltic nations. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Mike Pence, in Estonia, vows U.S. resistance to Russia

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this image made from video, a F35A fighter jet sits on the tarmac at the Amari Airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Two U.S. F-35 fighter jets have arrived in NATO member Estonia to take part in NATO drills as the aircraft see their first operational deployment in continental Europe. The planes with stealth technology to avoid detection by radar landed Tuesday at the Amari air base from the Royal Air Force base in Britain. Air Marshal Stuart Evans of NATO's Allied Air Command said the F-35s will be &quot;the fundamentals&quot; in the military alliance's capabilities to defend the air sovereignty of its members. (AP Photo)

US F-35 stealth fighters arrive in Estonia for NATO drills

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press

"Irrespective of who controls the House and Congress, we want to work very closely with the U.S. on every level of government and intend to do so with President Trump," said Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser, who emphasizes the importance of NATO. (Associated Press)

Estonia sees crucial roles for U.S., NATO despite Trump doubts

By Dominic Hinde — Special to The Washington Times

Estonian defense official Erki Kodar chats with a conference goer as part of a Cyber Security conference held in Lille, northern France, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Estonia is experimenting with the idea of cyberconscription, giving draftees with tech skills the chance to step into roles defending the military's electronic infrastructure. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Cyberconscripts: Baltic draftees can choose IT over infantry

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

Influential Estonian choral composer Veljo Tormis dead at 86

By MICHAEL TARM and MATTI HUUHTANEN - Associated Press

Greece's players celebrate a goal against Bosnia during their World Cup Group H qualifying soccer match at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, in Piraeus port, near Athens, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Greece gets late point off Bosnia; Belgium hits 8 vs Estonia

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Krupenski-Gelfand after 25…Bxf6.

DAVID R. SANDS: Lasting legacy of Paul Keres, the ‘crown prince of chess’

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

As the U.S. military maintains a presence in the Baltic states and Poland, a propaganda war is raging in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to reach Russian minorities. (Associated Press)

Russian language, propaganda at center of Baltics war over airwaves

By Markus Kuokkanen - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on virtues of Estonia's e-government system by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Why Estonia is a country for the future

By Richard W. Rahn

Jeb Bush to call for closer economic, security ties with Europe

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

A Russian air force Mi-26 helicopter, front, flies over Red Square during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Host photo agency/RIA Novosti Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Russia aggression prompts Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to seek NATO force

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken Wednesday, April 8, 2015, a U.S. military fighter jet participates in a NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission practice mission in the Tapa training area, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is so close that the F-16 fighter pilots can see it on the horizon as they swoop down over a training range in Estonia in the biggest ever show of U.S. air power in the Baltic countries. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

U.S., Russian war games rekindle Cold War tensions

By JARI TANNER and DAVID KEYTON - Associated Press

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a night mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 30, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Val Gempis) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin emboldened by weak U.S. response to Russian aggression

By Guy Taylor and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. A day ahead of a NATO summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his own peace plan for eastern Ukraine, calling on the Russian-backed insurgents there to "stop advancing" and urging Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the region. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Former Soviet Bloc nations fear Vladimir Putin assembling new USSR

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama spoke in Estonia about the need for NATO to defend its member states, many of whom are wary of Russian incursions similar to what has occurred in the Ukrainian theater. (Associated Press)

Obama: Ukrainian military needs NATO backing

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama will leave Washington on Tuesday for Estonia, the tiny Baltic country bordering Russia that left the Soviet Union and joined the 28-nation military bloc in 2004. (Associated Press)

Obama seeks to reassure jittery NATO members after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Estonian president to speak at St. Olaf College

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton huddles with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain and Clinton share a friendship forged in the Senate, on fact-finding trips around the globe and over vodka shots in Estonia. He's a former Republican presidential nominee. She could be the next Democratic presidential nominee. And lately, the Clintons and McCains seem to have embraced each other, offering up their families' working relationship as an example of wlkays political leaders can overcome the partisan divide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

McCain-Clinton bond crosses partisan waters

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press