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Location of US Troops in Poland Yet to Be Finalized - Defense Department

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The United States needs to finalize the location that its troops will be deployed to in Poland in support of NATO’s forward presence in Eastern Europe, Acting... 08.07.2016, Sputnik International

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Location of US Troops in Poland Yet to Be Finalized - Defense Department

22:34 GMT 08.07.2016

US troops land with parachutes at the military compound near Torun, central Poland, on June 7, 2016, as part of the NATO Anaconda-16 military exercise - Sputnik International

The United States needs to finalize the location that its troops will be deployed to in Poland in support of NATO’s forward presence in Eastern Europe, Acting US Assistant Secretary of Defense Elissa Slotkin said in a briefing on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier on Friday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States will send about 1,000 soldiers to Poland.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) looks on next to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and France's President Francois Hollande during the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 8, 2016. - Sputnik International

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"The actual specific location, it is between couple of different places, we will need to finalize that with the Polish government," Slotkin stated.

Slotkin said the battalion, which will serve under the NATO hat, will arrive to Poland by mid-2017.

Obama is currently on a visit to Warsaw for the latest NATO summit taking place on July 8-9.