… Minister of Albania, you name it, the president, United States also, by the way, and the Secretary of State. But one of the issues that was continually raised is the NATO members [should be] meeting the 2% of GDP for defense standard. Because that is something that I hear is why should we do so much if the other NATO countries aren't stepping up now? In fact, many of them are, particularly with regard to Ukraine. (15:43–15:50)
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Asserts that NATO members should meet the 2% GDP defense spending standard.
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