U.S. and Poland work to finalize defense deal ahead of Duda visit

U.S. and Polish officials are finalizing a defense cooperation agreement ahead of Polish President Andrzej Duda’s visit to the White House on Wednesday, as questions swirl about a potential deployment of thousands of additional U.S. troops to Polish soil.

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The officials did not mention plans for naming a military base in honor of the U.S. president, what Duda once called “Fort Trump.” Reuters reported last week that plans for Fort Trump had stalled amid funding and infrastructure disputes, but U.S. officials pushed back on that claim.

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Article URL : https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/us-poland-defense-deal-335760