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Vice President Harris is going to Poland after the U.S. rejected fighter jet offer

Poland offered to stage fighter jets for Ukraine on a U.S. base in Germany. The Pentagon said that wasn't tenable. It all happened the day before Vice President Harris left for Warsaw.
Vice President Harris met with NATO allies last month when she was at the Munich Security Conference.

Vice President Harris is heading to Warsaw on Wednesday for a trip meant to show unity with Poland and Romania, two U.S. allies that flank Ukraine.

But the visit comes a day after an unusually public disagreement over a Polish proposal to share its fighter jets.

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