could put even more U.S. forces on heightened alert after the Pentagon announced Monday that 8,500 troops were put on standby for possible deployment to Eastern Europe as comes closer to invading .'We're certainly not going to rule out other options,' Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told Tuesday. 'Our job is to provide options to the president – to the commander in chief – and we're going to continue to do that.''And so, I certainly would not rule out the possibility that we could be putting additional forces on heightened alert in the coming days and weeks,' he continued. 'And maybe even moving troops around Europe that are already there to bolster and to reassure some of our allies on the ground on the continent.'
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