The Biden administration is in the final stages of identifying specific military units it wants to send to Eastern Europe and writing up the military orders in an effort to deter Russia, according to multiple US and defense officials, and pictured President Joe Biden, on January 19, in Washington, DC.
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The Biden administration is in the final stages of identifying specific military units it wants to send to Eastern Europe and writing up the military orders in an effort to deter Russia, according to multiple US and defense officials, and pictured President Joe Biden, on January 19, in Washington, DC.
Mandatory Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Biden administration identifying troops for possible deployment to Eastern Europe amid Russia tensions

The Biden administration is in the final stages of identifying specific military units it wants to send to Eastern Europe and writing up the military orders in an effort to deter Russia, which has massed tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine, according to multiple US and defense officials.