According to NBC News, senior officials at the U.S. Department of Defense are considering a proposal to withdraw roughly 10,000 of the 20,000 troops deployed by the Biden Administration to Eastern Europe in 2022, as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to bolster NATO’s Eastern Front. Some officials are concerned that a move such as this could reinforce fears that the U.S. is “abandoning” allies in Europe, while being seen as a weakening of deterrence towards Russia.