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Thursday, June 05, 2014

Hagel Escalates Obama's Warning to Allies: US Support for NATO Could Be at Risk

Secretary of Defense Chuck HagelNATO defense ministers struggled to find a response to Russia's Ukraine incursion, hemmed in by financial constraints, U.S. demands that Europe raise defense spending and a desire not to provoke the Kremlin.

"I am troubled that many nations appear content for their defense spending to continue declining," U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told his counterparts from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 28 member states in Brussels today, according to an e-mailed text of his comments. . . .

The alliance is divided with Poland and the three Baltic states, all of which share borders with Russia, seeking a bigger NATO military presence on their territory. Germany and France are leading opposition to any swift moves to create permanent bases in former Soviet satellites. . . .

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