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Illustration on NATO fiscal responsibility by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

NATO is a threadbare alliance

By Daniel DePetris

Top commander says Lithuania considering Patriot missiles

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While Defense Secretary Ashton Carter prepared for his trip to Turkey, a senior Iraqi general on Wednesday called on Iraqis fighting for the Islamic State to surrender as a wide-scale operation to retake Mosul entered its third day. Story, A11. (Associated Press)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasts U.S.-led campaign against ISIS ahead of Ashton Carter’s Turkey visit

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Norway asked to host rotational force of US Marines

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Man in Afghan uniform kills 1 US soldier, 1 US civilian

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini attends an Aspen forum event in Bucharest, Romania, Friday Oct. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU foreign policy chief says EU must up defense spending

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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 13, 2016 file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. NATO’s secretary-general says his bid to become the alliance’s chief was supported by U.S. President Barack Obama, who worked behind the scenes to make it happen. In an autobiography published Friday, Sept. 30 titled &quot;My Story,” former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg wrote that Obama sent him a letter in late 2013 after Stoltenberg had resigned because his Labor Party had lost a parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

NATO boss in autobiography: Obama backed my candidacy

By JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press

EU presses ahead with military plans, UK opposes any EU army

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

From left: Army Gen. Mark Milley, Navy Adm. John Richardson, Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller and Air Force Gen. David Goldfein acknowledged to the Senate Arms Services Committee that they had not discussed the readiness crisis with their commander in chief. Donald Trump said generals under President Obama have been "reduced to rubble." (Associated Press)

Obama wary of generals, admirals commanding in war

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Supporters of the main opposition party wave Georgian national flags during a protest against buying gas from state-controlled Gazprom, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, March 6, 2016. Thousands of Georgians formed a human chain stretching for about 7 kilometers (4 miles) through the capital on Sunday to protest negotiations between their government and the Russian natural gas monopoly, Gazprom. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Georgia’s promise, America’s commitment

By Luke Coffey — Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a roundtable meeting with the Republican Leadership Initiative in his offices at Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump is half-right: NATO doesn’t obligate U.S. president to defend member nations from aggression

By Bruce Fein

In this image taken Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016 Syrians wait to enter Turkey at the Bab al-Salam border gate, Syria. Turkish officials say thousands of Syrians have massed on the Syrian side of the border seeking refuge in Turkey. Officials at the government’s crisis management agency said Friday Feb. 5, 2016 that it was not clear when Turkey would open the border to allow the group in and start processing them. (Depo Photos via AP) TURKEY OUT

Turkey in cross-border operation to free IS-held Syrian town

By SUZAN FRASER and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Joe Biden in Europe says Donald Trump ‘doesn’t understand’ NATO rules

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

No Troops to Poland Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Obama must not send troops to Poland

By Jeremy Lott

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 42nd International Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House, Hillary Clinton quick to hit Donald Trump’s NATO talk

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Global Development at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House, refuting Donald Trump, says U.S. commitment to NATO is ‘ironclad’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Donald Trump is headlining the 2016 Values Voter Summit in the nation's capital on Friday evening — the first day of the three-day annual conference hosted by the Family Research Council. His running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will address the gathering of faith-based voters the following evening. (Associated Press)

Mike Pence: ‘Every confidence’ Trump will see to it that U.S. lives up to treaty obligations

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the EU Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

EU, U.S. to Turkey: No excuse to break democratic traditions

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 14, 2016. (Vasily Maximov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia plans for anti-aircraft system in Crimea to keep out NATO jets

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks about the events in Dallas at the beginning of his news conference at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, July 9, 2016. Obama is in Warsaw attending the NATO Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Is NATO part of the solution or is it the problem?

By Edward Lozansky and Jim Jatras