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Pete Hegseth: “NATO has been a paper tiger and a one way street, no more.”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Secretary Hegseth speaks at NATO HQ in Brussels

Published | Video Starts at 17:33

President Trump has been very clear on this point. For many years, in over two administrations, and for too long, NATO has been a paper tiger and a one way street, no more. 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. (17:33–17:40)

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Asserts that NATO has been ineffective and imbalanced but is changing.

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