Hegseth says NATO ‘near consensus’ on 5% defense spending

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressed confidence that NATO allies will agree to increase the minimum defense spending requirement, which the Trump administration has advocated.

Since his first administration, President Donald Trump has stressed the need for U.S. allies, in the alliance and beyond, to take on more of the burden to offset what he has said are decades of them taking advantage of the United States.

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