Hegseth Urges Allies to Back US on D-Day Anniversary

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The U.S. government, which has been raising concerns about Europe's "free-riding" on security, strongly pressured its allies to increase defense spending and expand troop numbers during a visit to France marking the 82nd anniversary of the Normandy landings of World War II. According to reports from major media outlets such as Reuters and Le Monde on the 6th (local time), U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsess attended a ceremony at the U.S. milita…

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calls for a stronger alliance of allies. In commemorating the landing of the Allies in Normandy, he calls on Europeans to make a more determined commitment to freedom.

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At the necropolis in Colleville-sur-mer in northern France, Hegseth said that the soldiers buried there "fought in alliance" during the war, with "each partner contributing their full share of industry, courage, and sacrifice." This occurred, he said, without "empty slogans, lavish summits, and communiqués." "True allies do real things, suffer real losses for a common cause worth fighting and dying for," he declared. He added that the United Sta…