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In western Poland, U.S. troops and tanks are participating in military drills. They're part of a force of 4,000 American servicemen and women who were deployed¹ to Eastern Europe earlier this month. It's the biggest U.S. military buildup in the region since the Cold War and Russia has spoken out against it. It sees the exercises as a threat to its borders.

It's not just U.S. troops who are involved. It's other members of NATO. And though the American forces were initially² sent by former President Barack Obama, it appears their work there has the support of President Donald Trump³. That's significant because he's repeatedly questioned the U.S. role in NATO.

According to the U.S. Army's lead commander in Europe, though, President Trump has reassured⁴ several other NATO members that the U.S. remains⁵ committed to the organization.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: What is NATO? Why is it important? And what's its future?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a political and military alliance established in 1949 that seeks to promote stability in the North Atlantic area.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is a will of the people of the world for our freedom and for our peace.

ROBINSON: Led by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, there are 28 member countries and its HQ is in Brussels.

NATO doesn't have his own troops but relies on contributions of forces from its member countries. At NATO's core is Article 5 which states an attack on one member is an attack on all NATO allies.

The collective defense⁶ principle was to protect Western European nations against the Soviet⁷ Union. But when the Soviet Union collapsed⁸, NATO's new tasks range from being a bulwark⁹ against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to fighting human trafficking and intercepting¹⁰ refugees in the Mediterranean¹¹.

Donald Trump has called it obsolete¹², says it has problems.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: NATO is obsolete.

ROBERTSON: He thinks NATO's original purpose of protecting against the Soviet Union makes it irrelevant¹³, that it's ill-equipped to tackle terrorism and that other members don't pay their share towards it.

NATO is still extremely active with some 4,000 U.S. troops in Poland and the Baltic States, and tens of thousands on 48-hour standby — bolstering¹⁴ NATO's allies and sending a clear message to Russia.

But the organization's future and its principle of collective defense could be jeopardized¹⁵ if Trump pulls the U.S. out. Some of his cabinet picks back NATO, though, like General James "Mad Dog" Mattis, chosen to head the Pentagon, have categorically declared NATO necessary to the USA.

1 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

9 bulwark   

n.堡垒，保障，防御

参考例句：

• That country is a bulwark of freedom.那个国家是自由的堡垒。
• Law and morality are the bulwark of society.法律和道德是社会的防御工具。

10 intercepting   

截取（技术），截接

参考例句：

• The police had been intercepting my mail, ie reading it before it was delivered. 警方一直截查我的邮件。
• We've been intercepting radio transmissions from Moscow. 我们已从莫斯科拦截到无线电信号。

11 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

12 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

13 irrelevant   

adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的

参考例句：

• That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
• A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

14 bolstering   

v.支持( bolster的现在分词 )；支撑；给予必要的支持；援助

参考例句：

• Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
• He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句

15 jeopardized   

危及，损害( jeopardize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The soldier jeopardized his life to save his comrade. 这个士兵冒生命的危险救他的同志。
• The occasional failed project or neglected opportunity does not jeopardized overall progress. 偶然失败的项目或失误的机会并没有影响总的进展。