Estonia Wants NATO Base on Russia's Doorstep

Estonia is calling for NATO to establish a permanent base on its soil, as U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to visit the one-time Soviet satellite amid Baltic state worries about possible Russian aggression in the region. Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, during a state visit Tuesday to Norway, said NATO, the U.S.-European military alliance, should not have two-tier countries, those with permanent NATO bases and those without. He said that "is a wrong signal to send to the...

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