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Pete Hegseth: “NATO allies need to invest more in their own defense…”

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LIVE Pete Hegseth holds press conference after meeting with NATO defense ministers

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Any defense minister or Secretary of Defense that tells you they wouldn't want more would be lying to you. I understand that ultimately we have our own budgetary considerations to be had, but I don't think an unwillingness of NATO allies need to invest more in their own defense spending. can be dismissed away by trying to point at the $900 billion that America has invested around the globe to include the NATO alliance in saying that's not enough. (25:00–25:04)

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Asserts that NATO allies should increase their defense spending.

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