The U.S. Department of Defense plans to increase its budget for operations in Europe “significantly” to protect the country and its allies from threats by Russia.
Funding for the European Reassurance Initiative, a 2014 program under which U.S. exercises in the region have been increased following the invasion in Ukraine, will be “ramped up” in the 2017 budget request, the Pentagon’s top budget official Michael McCord said Monday.
McCord added that the exact number is still being debated, “but it’s going to be a pretty significant increase.”
The rise in the budget means that the U.S. can maintain “a higher level of presence …read more
Source: European Voice
