India, Feb. 14 -- Following a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that America's allies must do more to defend Europe. And that "doing more" means spending more money, contributing more guns, missiles, troops and hardware, and taking more leadership responsibility, he told hid counterparts.
NATO's European partners should take primary responsibility for defense of the continent, which means security ownership by all allies, guided by an understanding of the strategic realities, Hegseth said.
"Our expectation of our friends - and we say this in solidarity - is you have to spend more on your defense, for your country, on that continent, understanding that the American military and the Amer...