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Pete Hegseth: “NATO members committing to 5%, 3.5% of hard military…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Published | Video Starts at 24:22

It's, it's not enough. Just a free ride on us. I mean, what happened in June from President Trump in NATO members committing to 5%, 3.5% of hard military spending and 1.5 in infrastructure is historic. If America's going to have to take the primary burden of what happens in the Indo Pacific and deterring China, then Europe needs to be prepared to step up in its own continent and ensure that forces like Russia or others are checked properly. (24:22–24:30)

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Asserts that NATO members committed to specific military and infrastructure spending targets.

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