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U.S. Department of Defense Press Operations News Release |
| Release No. NR-440-15 | November 18, 2015 |
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook provided the following readout:
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter met yesterday with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas at the Pentagon. They last met in June at U.S.-Baltic collaboration meetings in Estonia.
Secretary Carter thanked Minister Olekas for Lithuania's continued support of NATO's Resolute Support mission, and for Lithuania's stated intent to increase defense spending to two percent by 2018.
Secretary Carter and Minister Olekas discussed the U.S.-Lithuanian defense relationship, and the United States' ironclad commitment to Lithuania's security through both bilateral and NATO efforts in the Baltic region, including European Reassurance Initiative investments in equipment procurement and command and control upgrades for Lithuania.
http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/630213/
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