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Thom Tillis: “Denmark was one of NATO's most disproportionately high…”

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Denmark, who has responsibility for Greenland. Although Greenland is an autonomous territory under NATO, it's a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. But let's talk about Denmark for a minute. Denmark was one of NATO's most disproportionately high contributors in Afghanistan relative to its population size and force structure. What do I mean there. There has been one time in the 75 year history of NATO that the NATO allies responded to the Article 5 commitment, which means when one of our NATO allies are attacked, we go there to defend them. (03:03–03:13)

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Asserts Denmark's significant contribution to NATO efforts in Afghanistan.

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