US lawmakers from both major parties have strongly criticized the Pentagon after it abruptly canceled the planned deployment of thousands of American troops to Poland, a key NATO ally in Central Europe bordering Ukraine. The anger follows confirmation that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has halted a  routine rotational deployment  of about 4,000 US soldiers from Texas.   JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . The troops were scheduled for a nine‑month