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We need to recoup those costs and that is going to be a partnership with the Ukrainians in terms of their natural resources and their oil and gas and also buying ours,
the national security adviser said
The Russian army will [end the war] within the timeframe set by its supreme commander-in-chief, our president Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin,
one Russian lawmaker said on Russian state TV last month
The European continent deserves to be free from any aggression. But it ought to be those in the neighborhood investing the most in that individual and collective defense,
Hegseth said
Africa is very much the front lines of a fight from Islamists,
Hegseth saidNo, America's smart to observe, plan, prioritize and project power where we need to deter conflict,
he addedThere are waste redundancies and headcounts in headquarters that need to be addressed. There's just no doubt. Look at a lot of the climate programs that have been pursued at the Defense Department. The Defense Department is not in the business of climate change, solving the global thermostat. We're in the business of deterring and winning wars. So things like that."
Hegseth said
The Defense Department is not USAID,
Hegseth saidAs I said on social media, we welcome Doge to the Pentagon,
Hegseth saidThere's plenty of places where we want the keen eye of DOGE, but we'll do it in coordination,
he added, pointing to potential changes in weapons procurement programs as wellThere are no plans right now in the making to cut anything,
Hegseth saidI never called it Fort Liberty because it wasn't Fort Liberty. It's Fort Bragg. And so I was honored to be able to put my signature on that,
Hegseth said
It means Bragg is back. It means the legacy of an institution that generations of Americans have mobilized through and served at is back."
On his decision to reverse Biden's 2023 renaming of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, Hegseth saidPresident Trump's planning assumptions are different in many ways, or at least strategic assumptions, than Joe Biden's,
he saidThere are multiple ways in which the American presence in Europe helps power projection in other parts of the world,
Loss said
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I don't think it will be 5%, which would be impossible for almost every nation in the world right now,
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has saidMany European leaders are hoping that there's a bargain that can be struck, by which maybe they spend a bit more buy a few more US weapons, and then everything stays the same,
Max Bergmann of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) told DWFirst and foremost, it is about building a rapport with him, learning about US's thinking,
Rafael Loss, a senior fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), told DWNATO is a relic and should be scrapped and remade in order for freedom to be truly defended."
Hegseth has written in the past, addingItaly has had to take on high debt, the second highest debt in the EU, to pay its existing bills,
he saidThe Secretary will reiterate President Trump’s commitment for a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine as quickly as possible. He will also highlight the need for increased European leadership on security assistance to Ukraine,
the Pentagon said, prior to Hegseth’s departure