CONSTANTA, Romania: Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel toured a warship stationed at a Romanian Black Sea port on Thursday (Friday in Manila), reaffirming the US commitment to the security of allies worried over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.

“The presence of the USS Vella Gulf is a clear expression of this commitment” to the collective security of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, Hagel told journalists at the port of Constanta.

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