Quote of the Day

"We will defend our NATO allies - every ally.  In this alliance, there are no old members or new members, no senior partners or junior partners - there are just allies, pure and simple. And we will defend the territorial integrity of every single one." -- President Obama speaking today in Estonia before an audience of Baltic state officials and the public, seeking to reassure the jittery governments that their NATO membership guarantees their sovereignty.  Russian troop movements in support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have prompted plans to strengthen NATO presence in eastern Europe (excluding Ukraine, which is not a NATO member).