Poland wants a permanent U.S. military presence. To obtain it, the country proposes as much as USD 2 billion, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet. The Trump administration has pushed NATO allies to increase their defense budgets up to 2% of GDP, as the alliance suggests. Poland has been at or above 2% since 2015.
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| Soldiers assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Polish Soldiers assigned to 35th Polish Air Defense Squadron pose for a photograph during a celebration ceremony to welcome American troops to Skwierzyna, Poland, Feb. 12, 2017. The 3-4 ABCT's arrival marks the start of back-to-back rotations of armored brigades in Europe as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve |