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LBCI
4 days ago
- Business
- LBCI
Pentagon chief says NATO allies cannot have 'reliance' on US
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday told NATO allies they could not depend solely on Washington for defense, as he urged them to agree a spending deal of five percent of GDP. "Our message is going to continue to be clear. It's deterrence and peace through strength, but it can't be reliance. It cannot and will not be reliance on America in a world of a lot of threats," Hegseth said at a meeting with NATO counterparts in Brussels. AFP


Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS NATO nations must spend 5% GDP on defence and end 'reliance' on US to defend them, Pete Hegseth tells meeting of alliance chiefs
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday told NATO allies they could not depend solely on Washington for defence, as he urged them to agree a spending deal of five percent of GDP. 'Our message is going to continue to be clear. It's deterrence and peace through strength, but it can't be reliance,' Hegseth said at a meeting with NATO counterparts in Brussels. 'It cannot and will not be reliance on America in a world of a lot of threats.'