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Hegseth to implore NATO allies to spend more on defense, participate in D-Day commemoration in Europe
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Europe this week to meet with his NATO counterparts and participate in the ...
Hegseth picks Air Force three-star to lead US troops in Europe, NATO forces
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has selected Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich as the next commander of U.S. forces in Europe and ...
Hegseth to skip Ukraine meeting at NATO headquarters
The Defense secretary's absence marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that a Pentagon chief ...
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Hegseth stresses deterrence through hard power at meeting of NATO defense chiefs
Increased military spending in Europe must be directed toward hard-power capabilities to give NATO credibility that goes ...
Hegseth says NATO ‘near consensus’ on 5% defense spending
Since his first administration, President Donald Trump has stressed the need for U.S. allies to take on more of the burden to ...
Hegseth will skip a meeting on organizing military aid to Ukraine in a first for the US
America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet this week to coordinate ...
Hegseth warns NATO can’t be centered around ‘reliance on America’
NATO allies can’t entirely hedge their security concerns around “reliance on America,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
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Pete Hegseth once scared America’s allies. Now he reassures them
Pete Hegseth, a former army major and now America’s defence secretary, celebrates soldiers “with dust on their boots”. But ...
Hegseth tells Asian allies to up defence expenditure to match Europe’s 5% of GDP
Asian allies and partners should look to countries in Europe as a new-found example,” he said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hegseth challenges China in its own backyard
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday in Singapore attempted to woo Asian defense leaders to Washington’s side as he ...