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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Obama offers Greeks reassurance about US commitment to NATO

[U.S. President Barack Obama walks next to Greek National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, right, after his arrival at the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. President Barack Obama arrived in Greece Monday morning on the first stop of his final foreign tour as president, the first visit to Greece by a sitting U.S. president since Bill Clinton in 1999 trip. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]ATHENS, Greece (AP) — President Barack Obama opened his final foreign trip as president Tuesday with reassuring words about the U.S. commitment to NATO even as he prepares to hand off to a Donald Trump administration, saying Democratic and Republican administrations alike recognize the importance of the alliance to the trans-Atlantic relationship.


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