[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/22/europe/europe-us-troop-movement-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/22/europe/europe-us-troop-movement-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html) When United States and Polish officials signed a deal to support more combat troops in Poland, the country's foreign minister, Jacek Czaputowicz, said the move put American troops where they needed to be. "The presence of American troops in Poland enhances our deterrence potential because we are closer to the potential source of conflict," Czaputowicz said in a joint appearance Saturday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

"When United States and Polish officials signed a deal to support more combat troops in Poland, the country's foreign minister, Jacek Czaputowicz, said the move put American troops where they needed to be."