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These countries defend themselves. i'm a nato fan, but if many of the countries in naturo, mae if the countries we protect, many of these countries are very rich countries. they're not paying their bills. >> strong words from the president of the united states. we also heard the vice president say he expects to see results by the end of this year. here's the problem, as you know, secretary general. only five of the 28 nato allies, they pay 2% of their gdp for defense, and that is unacceptable to the president of the united states. what are you going to do about that? >> i agree with the presid...

Against terrorism. nato continues to train security forces in afghanistan. we have started to train security officers in iraq and we support the u.s.-led coalition against isil but we agree on fair burden sharing in nato. this has been my top priority sense i took office. europeans cannot ask the united states to commit to europe's defense if they do not commit more themselves. and they are committing more. in 2016 after many years of cuts, we turned a corner. defense spending increased in

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 something that 28 allies agreed, the 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 then to meet the 2% target within a decade. and the good news is that we are moving in the right direction. after 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 pledg...

The combination of our -- of secretary mattis, of director pompeo at the cia and secretary kelly at homeland security gives the american people great confidence that the team and this administration is providing the leadership and the direction to those agencies and also to the president of the united states to advance the security of our people. >> our collective defense clause and commitment is unconditional. it is absolute and it for the nato alliance. i welcome the strong commitment of the united states to this trans atlantic collective defense clause. at the same time, i fully support wha...

Expect all allies to make good on the promise they made in 2014 to increase defense spending and have a fairer burden sharing. >> next question to the dutch. >> the foreign minister has called it a 2% too ambitious and said more spending would not necessarily lead to more security. are you disappointed by that and what would be the consequence if a country like germany would not hold up to the 2% goal? the question to the vice president if i may, president trump has repeatedly talked about his war with the press since nato is an alliance of values, can you assure the allies that the freedom of...