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Respond to a changing world. >> he said it also after he was elected, before he took office. >> the important thing for me is important that he stated today in the regard nato is obsolete. but second it is good he has been focused on how nato can change and adapt and respond to different security. >> do you trust him? >> i welcome his very strong message on defense spending, on burden sharing, and on nato's role in fighting terrorism that we have to step up and do more and these are issues we discussed today. >> do you trust him? >> i trust his strong commitment to nato, of course. he has show...

To invest more in our alliance. it is is about spending more on defense, it is about delivering the capabilities we need and it is about contributing forces to nato missions and operations. this means cash capabilities and contributions. fair burden sharing has been my top priority since taking office. we have now turned a corner. in 2016 for the first time in many years, we saw an increase in defense spending across european allies and canada. a real increase of 3.8% or $10 billion more for our defense. we are now working to keep up the momentum including by developing national plans

Effective way. but we agree today, you and i, that nato can and must do more in a global fight against terrorism. in the fight against terrorism training local forces is one of the best weapons we have. nato has the experience, the expertise and the staying power to make a real difference. and fighting terrorism will be an important topic when nato leaders meet in brussels in may. the other major topic will be fair burden-sharing in our alliance. and we had had a thorough discussion on this issue today. mr. president, i thank you for your attention to this issue. we are already seeing the effe...

Nato is -- well, of course, nato is something he said negative things about. he was referring to the fact that the burden-sharing is not proper between the different countries. and so he is now a supporter of nato. i just got back from afghanistan. i got back from several of the countries over there. and they're very pleased that nato is a very integral part and we're participating. however, they even admit that they have not been paying their share. that's a major issue. now, as far as talking to russia's concern, that's not what russia is all about. >> i understand that. why go so hard on na...

President pence today, the importance of burden sharing. and i think we have to remember that this is not only something that the u.s. is asking for. it's actually something that 28 allies agreed, leaders from 28 nato allied countries sat around the same table in 2014 and agreed to stop the cuts, to gradually increase defense spending, and to meet the 2% target within a decade. and the good news is that we are moving in the right direction. many years of decline, after many years of defense cuts across europe and canada, we saw that in 2015 we stopped the cuts the first year after we made the ...