President Barack Obama vowed the United States “will defend the territorial integrity of every single ally” in Tallinn, Estonia on Wednesday.
The president promised, “As free peoples, as an alliance, we will stand firm and united to meet the test of this moment, and here’s how. First, we will defend our NATO allies, and that means every ally. In this alliance there are no old members or new members, no junior partners or senior partners. They’re just allies. Pure and simple, and we will defend the territorial integrity of every single ally. Today, more NATO aircraft patrol the skies of the Baltics, more American forces are on the ground training and rotating through each of the Baltic States.”
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