On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my congratulations to the people of Lithuania as you mark your 108th Independence Day.<\/p>\n
Lithuania is a trusted partner and a model Ally. Its sustained defense investments and serious approach to burden-sharing strengthen NATO and reinforce security on the Alliance\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n
Lithuania\u2019s leadership reflects a clear commitment to national sovereignty, democratic self-determination, and responsible governance. We welcome Lithuania\u2019s resolve in addressing shared challenges, and in supporting a free and open international system.<\/p>\n
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary through the Freedom 250 initiative, we value partnerships grounded in independence, free-market principles, and shared responsibility for collective defense. I extend my best wishes to the people of Lithuania for continued strength, security, and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my congratulations to the people of Lithuania as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-471476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}