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NATO Leaders Endorse Historic Plan to Boost Defense Spending
NATO leaders agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and renewed their commitment to mutual defense in an historic move that comes at the time of an increasingly belligerent Russia.
The decision from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 32 members at their high-stakes summit in The Hague is a major win for Donald Trump who has repeatedly lambasted his European allies for underspending on security. Even on his way to the summit, the US president appeared to question the key tenet of the alliance known as Article 5, which requires members to defend each other from attack.
