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May 1, 2002

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are working to increase their defense spending to 2 percent of their gross domestic products. Their first goal is for each to form a battalion and support units by 2005 that can be deployed quickly; these units would form a Baltic Brigade that could be sent to an emergency or peacekeeping mission.--Stephen V Cole