Obama Reassuring Baltic States on Edge About Ukraine

President Barack Obama announced plans to send more aircraft to the Baltics, as he seeks to reassure nations on edge about Russia's military involvement in Ukraine and possible Russian threats to the Baltic states. Obama made his remarks at a news conference Wednesday in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, one day before the start of a key NATO summit in Wales. He announced the U.S. would send more Air Force units and aircraft to the Baltics, and called Estonia's Amari Air Base an...

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