Newly confirmed Pompeo stresses defense spending target at first NATO meeting

Defense News: Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is pressing NATO allies on old theme ― that alliance members pay their way.

He spent his first full day in office Friday in Brussels participating in his first NATO foreign ministers meeting.

In closed-door meetings, Pompeo in particular pressed allies to increase their military budgets to meet a target of 2 percent of economic output spent on defense every year by 2024, as well as ensuring 20 percent of the outlay is on equipment.

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