The top U.S. official at NATO affirmed that there will be no hasty military withdrawal from Europe.

NATO leaders are poised to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for big increases in defense spending that will enable Europe to take on more responsibility for its defense.

The decision puts Finland in the company of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, all of which have either withdrawn or are in the process of pulling out of the pact in a move aimed at deterring Russian aggression.

A cellphone service provider on Guam will pay out $500,000 over unlawful charges it made on the bills of redeploying U.S. service members, the Justice Department said.

Work crews broke ground on a long-delayed commissary project at the U.S. Army’s garrison in Stuttgart to replace existing stores at Patch Barracks, Panzer Kaserne, Kelley Barracks and Robinson Barracks.

President Donald Trump said he wants to keep American forces in Germany, where questions have been raised for months about the future of the tens of thousands of service members stationed at numerous U.S. bases the country hosts.

Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who now serves on the Joint Staff, also was nominated to become NATO’s next supreme allied commander in Europe.

Increased military spending in Europe must be directed toward hard-power capabilities to give NATO credibility that goes beyond American firepower, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said a deadline had yet to be set for member countries to hit a benchmark of spending 5% of gross domestic product on defense.

Analysts say that at least some U.S. facilities around the globe appear to be vulnerable to a foe that took a similar approach to the drone attacks that devastated Russian aircraft.