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3 JUNE

Stars and Stripes | Austin and NATO secretary-general agree to push allies to boost military spending ahead of major alliance summit

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg agreed Thursday to prod NATO member nations to contribute their fair share to the military alliance as it confronts a revanchist Russia.

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Austin and Stoltenberg said the recommended defense spending guideline for NATO allies — 2% of a nation’s gross domestic product — is a bare minimum that needs to be exceeded. The two met ahead of a consequential NATO summit in Spain later this month that will see the alliance unveil the first major document laying out its priorities since 2010 and consider new membership applications from Finland and Sweden.

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