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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

Macedonian and US troops start joint military exercise

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Turkey and NATO Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

NATO alliance helping dictators

By Bruce M. Lawlor

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2017. Speaking Monday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev, Ukraine President Poroshenko said Ukraine would not be applying for a NATO membership "immediately" but would instead "build a genuine program of reforms" to meet NATO requirements for membership in the future. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

5,000 NATO, partner troops stage exercises in Romania

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Romanian leader to NATO official: we’ll spend 2% on defense

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Members of a Pacific Rim trade initiative rejected by Trump are to hold working-level talks Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in the Japanese mountain resort town of Hakone, west of Tokyo. The three-day meeting among envoys from the 11 remaining members of the TPP follows a breakthrough last week on a Japan-European Union trade deal seen as a repudiation of the U.S. moves to pull back from such arrangements. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump Poland speech shows commitment to Western values

By Lamont Colucci

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Krasinski Square, back dropped by the monument commemorating the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Donald Trump diverges from Vladimir Putin before first meeting

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Finland, Sweden join British-led rapid action military force

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Trump nominates former Texas senator as NATO ambassador

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. NATO defense ministers meet on Thursday to discuss, among other issues, the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US, NATO allies wrangle over troop levels in Afghanistan

By LORNE COOK and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary for Defense Jim Mattis, center, arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, June 29, 2017. NATO defense ministers met Thursday to discuss, among other issues, the situation in Afghanistan and defense spending. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO approves troop increases for Afghanistan; U.S. likely to follow

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. NATO defense ministers meet on Thursday to discuss, among other issues, the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief: U.S. allies to spend $12 billion more this year

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. European Union leaders are gathering for a two day summit to weigh measures in which to tackle terrorism and migration and to create closer defense ties. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU moves to boost military cooperation

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Illustration on protecting the Baltic nations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NATO deterrence needed to keep Russia at bay

By Gary Anderson

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 16, 2017. The meeting was focused on the Russian military's claim that it had killed the Islamic State group's leader in an airstrike in Syria. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP)

Former official warns Russia concerns could ‘crack’ NATO

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Romanian serviceman furls the NATO flag after Britain's Defense Minister Michael Fallon's visit at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Britain's defense minister praised Romanian and British pilots for protecting the Black Sea region from &quot;the persistent threat of Russian aggression,&quot; saying that Britain remains committed to NATO and the European security.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

British defense minister: Russian aggression to NATO growing

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UK praises pilots for stopping ‘Russian threat’ in Black Sea

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Canada's Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan unveils the Liberal government's long-awaited vision for expanding the Canadian Armed Forces during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday June 7, 2017. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada to increase military spending 70 percent in 10 years

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Chart of NATO member contributions, 2014 — 2016. Source: NATO.

Europeans should fund own defense, not rely on NATO

By Fred Gedrich

In this photo taken Wednesday, March 15, 2017, a light frigate &quot;Kotor&quot; is anchored in the harbour of Bar, Montenegro. Despite the Russian anger and a deep split within the nation of some 620,000 people over the issue, Montenegro is formally becoming the 29th member of the Western military alliance at a ceremony in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Defying Russia, Montenegro finally joins NATO

By PREDRAG MILIC - Associated Press