This was a problem already there since Eisenhower. I always tell the Europeans, you are completely committed to NATO, but there is also that one irritant, and it is this factor that The Europeans were not paying the same as the US was paying, and we solved it. And this is crucial also because we need the money to protect ourselves. There's one thing I heard you say yesterday and today. (01:36–01:46)
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Asserts that the issue of unequal defense spending between Europe and the US has been resolved.
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