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‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort from US partners
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to make light of the contributions made by America’s NATO allies during the war in Afghanistan at a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday.
Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Hegseth attempted to make a point that the White House and President Donald Trump himself have frequently made: that other NATO member-states should increase their defensive capabilities to match the benchmarks laid out in the defense pact’s charter.
