So, absolutely, NATO is in our interest. Now, the question is what kind of NATO. It has to be a NATO in which your partners are carrying their weight. And When you see a NATO where you have countries that are spending 1%, 1.1% of their GDP, 1.2%, then that's really not an alliance, that's a dependency. Now, to be fair, there are other countries like Poland that are doing more than their fair share, and there are other countries that frankly, have not invested in their defense capabilities for almost three decades. (22:43–22:52)
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Asserts that some NATO countries spend only 1% to 1.2% of their GDP on defense.
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