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Germany to Permanently Deploy 4,800 Troops in Lithuania
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Unlimited funds for war and armaments, cuts in social spending and higher energy prices—this is the core of the German government’s 2024 budget, which Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Social Democratic Party–SPD), Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (Free Democratic Party–FDP) agreed last Wednesday morning after meetings over several nights

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Germany to Permanently Deploy 4,800 Troops in Lithuania
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White House Says US Can Only Fund One More Weapons Package for Ukraine
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US Granted Access to 15 Military Bases in Finland Under New Deal
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