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"This will be a long and difficult recovery operation, but we are absolutely committed to bringing our soldiers home," said Curtis Taylor, Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division.
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The soldiers are part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.
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Rescuers in Lithuania were digging on Thursday into a peat bog in a military training area to recover the vehicle of four U.S. soldiers missing for two days.
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The search in dense, muddy swampland came after the U.S. Army vehicle disappeared in a waterlogged area on Tuesday.
The likely accidental deaths of four Americans in the Baltic state will not by themselves stop plans for redeployment. And they shouldn’t.
General Mark Rutte made when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died.
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys applauded the Trump administration in an interview with Newsweek, lauding the White House for its success in securing the Black Sea deal between Russia and Ukraine that he believes will lead to a broader peace agreement.
Lithuanian prosecutors said on Wednesday they believe that human error was the likely cause of the crash of a DHL cargo airplane in Vilnius in November and have asked Spanish authorities to question the pilot as a suspect.
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U.S. and Lithuanian troops and authorities are struggling to drain a swampy area in Lithuania in ongoing efforts to recover four American Army soldiers who went missing three days ago and are warning that it will be a long operation.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave the NATO alliance should member states fail to increase defensive spending. Now, they are.