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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington remains committed to the NATO alliance
The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.
NATO member states signed off on the military alliance’s most ambitious military ramp-up since the Cold War as leaders closed in on an agreement to ratchet up spending at a summit later this month.
Recruiting tens of thousands of extra troops will be a big challenge for Berlin and will likely spark a fresh debate on whether conscription should be reintroduced.
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IRAN NUCLEAR WOES: Speaking of Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader ALI KHAMENEI today rejected a U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal that would see Tehran gradually reduce its enrichment of uranium over time, per The Wall Street Journal’s Benoit Faucon, Laurence Norman and Alex Ward.
NATO has named Lieutenant General Alexus G Grynkewich to the post of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the US military’s top job on the European continent.
NATO leaders appear to be on track for an agreement to more than double their target for defense spending — to 5 percent of annual economic output — by using some creative number-crunching to please President Donald Trump,