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Finland's President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland's national Nato legislation in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday March 23, 2023. The Finnish president has sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president's move Thursday means Finland is now awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two of NATO’s 30 existing members that haven’t ratified its bid. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s NATO membership: What’s next?

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Naval commandos sail on the river Danube during a Romanian Navy led exercise outside Mahmudia, Romania, Thursday, March 30, 2023. The exercises, dubbed "Sea Shield 2023," brought together U.S. and NATO troops and involved some 3,400 military personnel from 12 NATO member countries and other partner states aims to enhance the "operational and tactical interoperability" of the multinational forces.(AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

NATO, U.S. forces join Romania-led Black Sea military drills

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban votes along with lawmakers next to deputy premier Zsolt Semjen, on Finland's bid to join NATO, at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 27, 2023. Hungary's parliament is expected to approve Finland's bid to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungarian parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO

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Finland's President Sauli Niinisto after signing Finland's national Nato legislation in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday March 23, 2023. The Finnish president has sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president's move Thursday means Finland is now awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two of NATO’s 30 existing members that haven’t ratified its bid. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

President seals Finland’s NATO bid by signing required laws

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during the launch of the NATO Secretary General's Annual Report for 2022 at NATO headuarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Despite Ukraine war, NATO members falling short on defense pledge

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Lawmakers sit at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 22, 2023. Swedish lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted in favor of Sweden joining NATO with lawmakers signing off on membership along with the required legislation. The 349-seat Riksdagen, or parliament, on Wednesday voted 269-37 to clear the last required domestic hurdle to becoming part of the 30-member Western military alliance. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Swedish lawmakers vote to endorse country joining NATO

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, arrives at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Dueling summits as Kishida makes surprise Kyiv trip in midst of Xi-Putin talks

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto shake hands during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 17, 2023. Erdogan greeted his Finnish counterpart in Ankara on Friday amid hopes that their meeting will see Turkey approve Finland's NATO membership bid. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto: Sweden security OK if Finland joins NATO first

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto shake hands during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 17, 2023. Erdogan greeted his Finnish counterpart in Ankara on Friday amid hopes that their meeting will see Turkey approve Finland's NATO membership bid. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s president says he will back Finland’s NATO bid

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Poland's President Andrzej Duda, right, welcomes Czech Republic's President Petr Pavel as they meet at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland plans to grant Ukraine’s request for fighter jets

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This photo taken from video released on Thursday, March 16, 2023, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. (US Department of Defense via AP)

Russia races to recover U.S. drone wreckage as questions swirl over sensitive data

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at his presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, March 10, 2022. Erdogan suggested Wednesday, March 15, that his country could soon ratify Finland's application to join NATO, allowing the country to join the military alliance separately from Sweden.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Erdogan hints Turkey may ratify Finland’s NATO membership

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, right, and Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen speak to the media after their talks in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Kaikkonen visits Ankara, meets with his counterpart Akar as Ankara continues to hold up Helsinki's bid to join NATO. (Turkish Defense Ministry via AP)

Finnish president says disputes with Turkey still holding up NATO membership

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg attends the informal meeting of EU defense ministers at the Scandinavian XPO in Marsta outside Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)

NATO chief in new drive to bring Finland, Sweden in

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Illustration on forces in the Ukraine war by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Will Putin survive his Ukraine war?

By Jed Babbin

Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Orban on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, thanked Egypt for its role in capping Europe-bound migration as the two countries inked a series of preliminary agreements in Cairo.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File )

Hungary further delays vote on Sweden, Finland joining NATO

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto meet at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday, Feb.28, 2023. Stoltenberg says membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority” for the military alliance and is urging members Turkey and Hungary which haven’t yet ratified the Nordic countries' accession to do so urgently. (Antti H'm'l'inen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland, applying to join NATO, will build security fence on border with Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Parliament members attend the plenary session where Finnish Parliament voted on Finland's accession to NATO in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Finnish parliament said yes to Nato, with 184 parliament members voting yes and seven members voting no. One voted empty and seven members were not at the session. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s Parliament gives final approval for NATO bid

By Jari Tanner - Associated Press

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 8, 2018. Russian President Putin on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, arrived in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games and talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, as the two leaders look to project themselves as a counterweight to the U.S. and its allies. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China takes leading role in Russian propaganda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden, center, arrives for a round table meeting during an extraordinary NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. War has been a catastrophe for Ukraine and a crisis for the globe. One year on, thousands of civilians are dead, and countless buildings have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been killed or wounded on each side. Beyond Ukraine’s borders, the invasion shattered European security, redrew nations’ relations with one another and frayed a tightly woven global economy. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Biden meets with eastern flank NATO leaders amid Russia worries

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press