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Berlin (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Europe needed to urgently boost military spending, on his first trip to the region since becoming Pentagon chief. "The European continent deserves to be free from any aggression, but it ought be those in the neighbourhood investing the most" in its defence, he said at a US base in Germany. On the first stop of a Europe trip, the senior
Berlin (AFP) Feb 11, 2025
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Europe needed to urgently boost military spending, on his first trip to the region since becoming Pentagon chief.
"The European continent deserves to be free from any aggression, but it ought be those in the neighbourhood investing the most" in its defence, he said at a US base in Germany.
On the first stop of a Europe trip, the senior
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Europe needed to urgently boost military spending, on his first trip to the region since becoming Pentagon chief.
"The European continent deserves to be free from any aggression, but it ought be those in the neighbourhood investing the most" in its defence, he said at a US base in Germany.
On the first stop of a Europe trip, the senior 
