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Top general urges more U.S. troops in eastern Europe

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States should look at the
development of more bases in Eastern Europe to protect
against Russian aggression, but rotate forces through
them rather than make permanent deployments, the top
U.S military officer told Congress on Tuesday.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, said the basing could be funded by other countries
such as Poland and the Baltics that want more U.S. troops.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said any effort to expand
security in Eastern Europe is a "work in progress" that prob-
ably will be discussed at the NATO summit in June.
Milley and Austin were testifying before the House Armed
Services Committee on the 2023 budget proposal, but
much of the focus of the hearing was the Russian war
against Ukraine and what the U.S. can do to better help
Ukraine and strengthen security across Europe.
Milley was asked about the need to reallocate forces to
Europe's eastern flank, where NATO allies are worried that
they may be Russia's next target.
"My advice would be to create permanent bases but
don't permanently station (forces), so you get the effect
of permanence by rotational forces cycling through per- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a House Armed Services
manent bases," he said. Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Washington.
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