The White House said the funding would be used to increase military exercises and training missions, as well as rotations of air and ground forces, on the continent, APA reports quoting Agence France-Presse.
Officials said Obama was also seeking to ramp up U.S. Navy participation in NATO deployments in the Black and Baltic Seas, plus working to boost the military capacity of non-NATO countries that sit on Russia's border, including Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.