President
Obama vowed on Tuesday that the United States would use its military to
come to the defense of any NATO country that is threatened, sending a
warning to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, about the
consequences of further aggression along the border with Eastern Europe.
Read more: Obama Assures NATO but Says Force Won’t Be Used in Crimea - NYTimes.com
“We
will act in their defense against any threats,” Mr. Obama said at a
news conference in The Hague. “That’s what NATO is all about. When it
comes to a potential military response, that is defined by NATO
membership.
”
The president said the United States and other world powers rejected Russia’s annexation of Crimea, a region of Ukraine that voted to secede
on March 16. But he acknowledged that military force would not be used
to return that region to Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO.
Read more: Obama Assures NATO but Says Force Won’t Be Used in Crimea - NYTimes.com
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