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U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were deployed to reassure NATO's European allies after Russia's invasion in Ukraine. (Associated Press/File)

NATO expansion for Ukraine insane idea

By L. Todd Wood

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and leader of the exercise James G. Foggo, pose together to take a selfie during a visit to the NATO-led military exercise in Trondheim, Norway, Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018. (Gorm Kallestad / NTB scanpix via AP)

NATO chiefs urges Russia to shed light on new missile system

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Commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group One, Anders Friis, left, talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on the Danish support ship HDMS Esbern Snare during his visit to the NATO exercise, in Trondheim, Norway, Monday Oct. 29. 2018. (Gorm Kallestad / NTB scanpix via AP)

NATO chief: Both sides expected to behave despite drills

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks to journalists during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Stoltenberg briefed reporters on alleged Russian breaches of the INF international missile agreement, and on the alliance's military exercises in Norway, its biggest since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

NATO’s biggest peacetime drill kicks off, angering Moscow

By JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks to journalists during a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Stoltenberg briefed reporters on alleged Russian breaches of the INF international missile agreement, and on the alliance's military exercises in Norway, its biggest since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says nuclear buildup unlikely despite U.S. threats

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, June 17, 2018, file photo, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, background right, and his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, background left, look on as Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, right, and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov sign an agreement on Macedonia's new name in the village of Psarades, Prespes Greece. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigned Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, following a disagreement with the defense minister over the handling of a recent deal which would change Macedonia's name in exchange for Greece dropping its objections to the country joining NATO. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, File)

Macedonia lawmakers green light process for name change

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Greece's Foreign Minister, left, Nikos Kotzias, speaks with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos before a group picture of the new government outside the Parliament in Athens. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has resigned, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, following a disagreement with the defense minister over the handling of a recent deal which would change Macedonia's name in exchange for Greece dropping its objections to the country joining NATO. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Greek foreign minister resigns over Macedonia deal dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Slovakia to send soldiers to Iraq to train security forces

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In this July 25, 2018, file photo, Andrew Craig Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina, arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul, File)

Andrew Brunson, an American pastor jailed in Turkey, is now a free man: Reports

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

US admiral urges Russia to observe NATO exercise

By Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary for Defence Jim Mattis, right, talks to NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the second day of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Mattis: Russia violation of missile treaty ‘untenable’

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary for Defence Jim Mattis arrives to a news conference at the end of the second day of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

James Mattis: Russian development of new nuke-powered missile ‘untenable’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Illustration on the costs of NATO by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

James Mattis has the opportunity to hold NATO accountable

By Daniel DePetris

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Pompeo has announced that the U.S. is canceling a 1955 treaty with Iran establishing economic relations and consular rights between the two nations. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

U.S. quietly makes progress toward ‘Arab NATO’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hits a hammer to start the session during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

10 years on, NATO says Georgia will one day join

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In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

US to offer cyberwar capabilities to NATO allies

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2010 file photo, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, a gubernatorial candidate in Texas, greets well wishers during a campaign stop in Tyler, Texas. The U.S. envoy to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, says Russia must halt development of new missiles that could carry nuclear warheads and is warning that the United States could &quot;take out&quot; the system if it becomes operational. (AP Photo/The Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jaime R. Carrero/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP, File)

US NATO envoy warns Russia to halt new missile development

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during a referendum in Skopje, Macedonia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. Macedonians were deciding Sunday on their country's future, voting in a crucial referendum on whether to accept a landmark deal ending a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece by changing their country's name to North Macedonia, paving the way to NATO membership.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Macedonia: Referendum approves name change, but turnout low

By ELENA BECATOROS and KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES - Associated Press

A man casts his ballot in at a polling station during a referendum in Skopje, Macedonia, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. Macedonians were deciding Sunday on their country's future, voting in a crucial referendum on whether to accept a landmark deal ending a decades-old dispute with neighbouring Greece by changing their country's name to North Macedonia, to qualify for NATO membership and also pave its way toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

The Latest: Macedonian PM says vote shows will of people

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A woman rides a bicycle next to a poster &quot;For European Macedonia&quot;, on a street in Skopje, Macedonia, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Macedonians will vote Sunday in a referendum on whether to change the country's name to &quot;North Macedonia&quot;, a move which would allow the Balkan country to qualify for NATO membership and also pave its way toward the European Union. The banner also reads in Macedonian &quot;It is time for decision&quot; and &quot;A secure future for our children&quot;. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Macedonia or North Macedonia? Vote tests a nation’s identity

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES - Associated Press