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Pete Hegseth: “Some countries have yet to show a credible path to meeting…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Secretary Hegseth speaks at NATO HQ in Brussels

Published | Video Starts at 25:02

In some cases, we had to shift capabilities from one country to another out of NATO allied countries altogether. There's no excuse for that. And that's not to mention the fact that Some countries have yet to show a credible path to meeting their Hague commitments. Too much talk. Some of NATO's largest economies, some of our richest countries, allies that are happiest to go on about the rules based international order and middle powers banding together still seem to think the era of free riding is here. (25:02–25:07)

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Asserts that some countries have not shown a credible path to meeting their Hague commitments.

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