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Pete Hegseth: “A NATO 3.0, modeled on the NATO 1.0 that won the Cold War.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Secretary Hegseth speaks at NATO HQ in Brussels

Published | Video Starts at 17:54

And that's what the Hague summit is all about. That's what defense spending commitments are all about. Transforming NATO back into a real military alliance that's focused on hard power and real deterrence. A NATO 3.0, modeled on the NATO 1.0 that won the Cold War. with our allies actually taking the lead in Europe's conventional defense. And that's what NATO was always supposed to be and what its framers, like President Eisenhower always expected. (17:54–18:01)

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Asserts that NATO is being restructured to resemble its Cold War-era form.

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