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Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland

The next question is what Russia’s response will be.
Source: Evan Vucci / AP

With a president forever battling questions about his ties to Russia, Donald Trump’s administration keeps finding ways to confront the country. There have been sanctions, diplomat expulsions, and NATO buildups; on Wednesday, there was the announcement of a framework for deploying a further 1,000 troops to Poland.

The troops will on logistics rather than combat, and they will come with a set of intelligence drones and a U.S. military headquarters in Poland. “This is about creating the infrastructure and the abilities to respond to

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