U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House on March 12 to try to reassure key NATO ally Warsaw of Washington's support after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Duda urged NATO allies before the visit to up their spending in response to growing fears about Moscow's aggression and will reportedly ask Biden to send more U.S. troops to the alliance's eastern flank with Russia. Biden's unusual joint meeting with both the hard-right Duda and pro-EU Tusk underscores U.S. concerns that deep-seated tensions between the Polish leaders could harm the Western alliance.
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