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Soldiers from NATO countries attend a opening ceremony of military exercise 'Saber Strike 2015', at the Gaiziunu Training Range in Pabrade some 60km.(38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 8, 2015. The annual multinational Exercise Saber Strike 2015 organized by the U. S. Army in Europe (USAREUR) on June 1 through 19 comprises brigade-level command post exercises held concurrently in all the three Baltic States and Poland. This year the exercise will train the record number of 6,000 troops from 13 NATO member and partner states - Denmark, Estonia, U.S.A., UK, Canada, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Annual NATO naval maneuvers near Russia started Sunday

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden to highlight transatlantic ties, multilateralism in first foreign trip

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Afghan soldiers patrol outside their military base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. By Sept. 11 2021, at the latest, the remaining U.S.and allied NATO forces will leave Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of military engagement. Also leaving is the American air support that the Afghan military has relied on to stave off potentially game-changing Taliban assaults, ever since it took command of the war from the U.S. and NATO in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

As U.S. packs up, concern for allies left behind in Afghanistan grows

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Biden to join meeting of NATO’s eastern members by video

By STEPHEN McGRATH and VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks with servicemen as he visits the war-hit Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. On the frontlines of the battle against Russia-backed separatists and in the halls of government in Kyiv, Ukrainians hold strong hopes for the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State — increased military aid and strong support for NATO membership among them. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

Ukraine wants aid, NATO support from Blinken’s visit

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin crosses himself during the Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Eastern Orthodox churches observe the ancient Julian calendar, and this year celebrate the Orthodox Easter on May 2. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Troubling trends in Russian nukes

By Peter Brookes

In this Jan. 15, 2018, photo, U.S. Marines watch during the change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) **FILE**

U.S. base in Afghanistan hit by rocket fire as troops begin withdrawal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 11, 2011, file photo, a U.S. Army soldier walks past an American flag hanging in preparation for a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. The final phase of ending America's “forever war” in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, May 1, 2021, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of summer. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Formal start of final phase of Afghan pullout by U.S., NATO

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

$Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation gives an interview to The Associated Press at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Afghanistan's chief peace negotiator says the often fractured Afghan political leadership must unify or risk the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops that has officially begun bringing more bitter fighting. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)$

AP INTERVIEW: Peace chief says Afghan gov’t must step up

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

NATO military exercises launched in Albania

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Putin Ukraine Strategy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

U.S. tested by Putin’s Ukraine playbook

By Daniel N. Hoffman

An Afghan army soldier stands guard as smoke rises from a burning fuel tanker after a road accident on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

China, neighbors weigh options and hedge bets as Biden prepares Afghan exit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Black Hawk military helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Germany: Earlier Afghanistan withdrawal being considered

Associated Press

In this June 3, 1961, photo, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy talk in the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in a suburb of Vienna. The meeting was part of a series of talks during their summit meetings in Vienna. Monday, May 29, 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of Kennedy's birth. (AP Photo/File)

CROSSTALK: How to avoid WWIII

By Edward Lozansky

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2002 file photo, U.S. Marines scan the northwest perimeter of the American military compound at Afghanistan's Kandahar airport using sophisticated thermal imagery equipment. The Biden administration’s surprise announcement in April 2021, of an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, appears to strip the Taliban and the Afghan government of considerable leverage, pressuring them to reach a peace deal. (AP Photo/Marco Di Lauro, File)

US troop pullout will leave behind an uncertain Afghanistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Antony Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on Ukrainian membership in NATO by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Ukraine needs a pathway to NATO membership

By Brian McNicoll

President Joe Biden removes his mask to speak from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Joe Biden orders Afghanistan exit by Sept. 11: ‘Time to end America’s longest war’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks visiting a memorial park on the site of Yuri Gagarin's landing after the first human spaceflight near Engels district of Saratov region, Russia, Monday, April 12, 2021. Gagarin's 108-minute flight to orbit on April 12, 1961 has been celebrated as a national triumph ever since. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian provocations surging as Blinken and Austin huddle with NATO allies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

NATO vows to support Ukraine, warns Russia on troop buildup

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press