{"id":158319,"date":"2023-04-04T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=158319"},"modified":"2023-04-04T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:39:09","slug":"president-joe-biden-welcoming-finland-to-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=158319","title":{"rendered":"President Joe Biden Welcoming Finland to NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Today, I am proud to welcome Finland as NATO\u2019s 31st Ally.  Seventy-four years ago today\u2014as the United States and 11 other nations came together to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization\u2014President Truman said, \u201cif there is anything inevitable in the future, it is the will of the people of the world for freedom and for peace.\u201d Today, that will is stronger than ever with the addition of Finland to NATO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200.jpg 294w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200-80x55.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership. Both countries are strong democracies with highly capable militaries, who share our values and vision for the world.  Less than a year later, we are welcoming Finland as a member\u2014the fastest ratification process in NATO\u2019s modern history. I look forward to welcoming Sweden as a NATO member as soon as possible, and encourage Turkiye and Hungary to conclude their ratification processes without delay.<\/p>\n<p>When Putin launched his brutal war of aggression against the people of Ukraine, he thought he could divide Europe and NATO. He was wrong. Today, we are more united than ever. And together\u2014strengthened by our newest Ally Finland\u2014we will continue to preserve transatlantic security, defend every inch of NATO territory, and meet any and all challenges we face.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Today, I am proud to welcome Finland as NATO\u2019s 31st Ally. Seventy-four years ago today\u2014as the United States and 11 other nations came together to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization\u2014President Truman said, \u201cif there is anything inevitable in the future, it is the will of the people of the world for freedom and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/whitehouselogo200.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158320,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158319\/revisions\/158320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}