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Ryan said the group will meet with government officials and military leaders "to review and discuss evolving security threats facing Europe as well as opportunities for greater economic cooperation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Paul Ryan heads to Europe with group of lawmakers to talk security threats

Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2017 4:40 pm

"Two-thirds of all Internet users, 67 percent, live in countries where criticism of the government, military, or ruling family are subject to censorship," according to the annual report by watchdog group Freedom House. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Report: Internet freedom falls 6th consecutive year

Rudy Takala · November 14, 2016 9:04 pm

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas was defeated, and a new prime minister could give Russia more influence over Estonia's internal affairs. (AP Photo)

National Security

US not rattled by Estonian no-confidence vote

Joel Gehrke · November 10, 2016 5:29 pm

Who in NATO actually pays their required share? These figures from NATO provide the answers. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Beltway Confidential

The numbers on NATO

Michael Barone · August 1, 2016 4:41 pm

President Toomas Hendrick Ilves said that Estonia is one of only five NATO allies that meets the defense goal. (AP Photo/Liis Treimann)

National Security

Estonia defends NATO contribution after Trump comments

Jacqueline Klimas · July 21, 2016 3:32 pm

Foreign ministers from the Nordic countries and the Baltics, with from left, Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, Martin Lidegaard of Denmark, Linas Linkevicius of Lithuania and Margot Wallstrom of Sweden, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Russia to Baltics: No need to worry while we review ‘legality’ of your independence

Barbara Boland · July 1, 2015 6:01 pm

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

National Security

Russian antics to top Carter Europe trip

Tara Copp · June 21, 2015 4:01 am

Jeb Bush on Tuesday set out to tour three countries in Europe - Germany, Poland and Estonia - to burnish his foreign policy credentials. (AP Photo)Â

Jeb Bush gets better press than rivals from European trip

Eddie Scarry · June 13, 2015 4:01 am

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (SACEUR) US General Philip Breedlove, center, arrives at a press conference at the KFOR military headquarters in Pristina on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 during his visit to Kosovo. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

National Security

3,000 U.S. troops deployed to Eastern Europe

Tara Copp · March 9, 2015 5:49 pm

The Obama administration late Wednesday released five Yemeni al Qaeda fighters from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama administration frees five Yemenis from Guantanamo

Charles Hoskinson · January 15, 2015 8:29 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006 file photo, Gay pride parade participants kiss in the streets of Tallinn, Estonia. Estonia's Parliament narrowly passed legislation to legalize gay partnerships on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, making it the first former Soviet republic to do so. (AP Photo/AFI, Toms Kalnins, File)

Estonia approves same-sex partnerships

Jari Tanner · October 9, 2014 4:25 pm

European countries condemn Estonian’s abduction

National Security

European countries condemn Estonian’s abduction

Jari Tanner · September 12, 2014 2:47 pm