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Hegseth skips NATO meeting; Pentagon No. 3 urges ‘partnership rather than dependency’
Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby urged Europe to lead conventional defense while the U.S. focuses on nuclear deterrence and limited support amid rising global threats.
- Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby called for NATO to be based on "partnership rather than dependency" as he arrived for talks in Brussels with the military alliance's defence ministers.
- Trump has repeatedly called on European nations to increase their military spending and take more responsibility for their own security, reducing their reliance on the U.S.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said he expects the United States to maintain a conventional military presence on the Continent for the foreseeable future.
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It's highly unusual for ministers not to attend meetings with their colleagues. These meetings are scheduled months in advance.
·Netherlands
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Mark Rutte tempered the scope of this absence, believing that the United States should also "care for its hemisphere". ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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