Governments deny reports of stationing U.S. troops in Poland

The U.S. State Department denied Polish newspaper reports on Friday that Washington was discussing moving some American troops based in Germany to Poland. "There are no discussions under way aimed at the relocation of U.S. forces to Poland," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters. Polish and German officials also did not confirm the reports, which featured prominently in Poland's two leading daily newspapers ahead of a trip by Prime Minister Leszek Miller to America. Rzeczpospolita quoted an unnamed Bush administration source as saying the matter was being discussed at ministerial level and, "Is being taken increasingly seriously. In turn, Gazeta Wyborcza, cited a Pentagon source saying it would be cheaper to station troops in Poland than in Germany (Reuters) J.K.