article_snippet: One of Poland's top politicians has called for a permanent US military presence on his country's soil.
article_snippet: The nation's defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Poland hoped to welcome more than 10,000 'allied armed forces' troops to take part in military exercise in 2015.
article_snippet: Uatoday, reports that this comes after the US Army deployed a Patriot missile defense battery near Warsaw.
article_snippet: US Ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull (left) and Tomasz Siemoniak (centre), Polish Minister of Defence, take part in the short briefing at an air and missile Patriot battery installation site .
article_snippet: a Patriot missile defense battery near Warsaw arrived in Poland along with 100 US soliders and about 30 vehicles.
article_snippet: Stephen Mull, US Ambassador to Poland is reported as saying: 'Today Stephen Mull, US Ambassador to Poland demonstrate the United States ability to quickly deploy the Patriot missiles in Poland in case of necessity. '
article_snippet: Stephen Mull, US Ambassador to Poland are here to show Stephen Mull, US Ambassador to Poland Polish allies that American security guarantees for Poland within NATO mean much more than words on the paper.'