U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) attends a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans’ weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura/ReutersWASHINGTON—Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have expressed dismay to learn some U.S. troops had been pulled back from the eastern edge of the NATO alliance space, and have questioned why they weren’t consulted about the move.On Oct. 29, Romania’s Defense Ministry was the first to draw attention to a decision to cancel a brigade-sized rotation of U.S. troops through Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia.
Lawmakers Criticize Pentagons Move to Cut US Troop Rotation Through Eastern Europe
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