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Rubio meets with NATO allies amid confusion over troop deployments

NPR | By Daniel Ofman,

Adrian Florido, Sarah Robbins

Published May 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM CDT

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Kristine Berzina, Senior Fellow at the non-partisan think tank The German Marshall Fund, discusses the confusion over changing plans for U.S. troop deployments in Europe.

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Adrian Florido

Adrian Florido is a national correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America.

Sarah Robbins