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RFE/RL: US House speaker stresses importance of NATO during Estonia visit

Published April 23, 2017 at 9:20 am

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a luncheon hosted by wispolitics.com at AT&T Forum April 5, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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Republican Paul Ryan, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said U.S. support for NATO is “unequivocal, unambiguous” during a meeting with Estonian leaders in Tallinn.

Ryan, the most powerful person in the House and an ally of President Donald Trump, on April 22 said that “we feel very strong that the NATO alliance is extremely crucial and essential.”