Europe troop withdrawal plans 'on hold,' top general says

Source: Politico | February 3, 2021 | Connor O’Brien

President Joe Biden was widely expected to reverse course from his predecessor on Europe.

Plans to draw down thousands of U.S. troops from Germany, pushed by the Trump administration, are on hold as President Joe Biden’s team reviews the decision, the commander of U.S. forces in Europe said Wednesday.

Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, the head of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is “in the process of conducting a very very thorough review” of the plan.

“The previous planning that was ongoing for the previous initiative has been put on freeze so that our secretary of defense and this administration could conduct a thorough review of everything that has transpired up to the point to where Sec. Austin took charge,” Wolters told reporters.

Biden, who was critical of Trump’s treatment of U.S. allies and pledged to refresh alliances, was widely expected to reverse course from his predecessor on Europe. Trump had long criticized members of the NATO alliance for not spending enough on their own defense.

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