NATO Chief: Alliance Nations Reversing Defense Spending Trends

By Thomas Duffy / June 22, 2000 at 5:00 AM
NATO Secretary Gen. Lord George Robertson told several senior U.S. senators yesterday that he believes member nations are "turning a corner" on defense spending and recognize the need to create a better balanced alliance to meet future threats. At a breakfast with reporters this morning, Robertson said there are very few European countries contemplating defense cuts. The alliance, he added, has heeded the "alarm bells" that rang after last year's 78-day air war with Serbia, which sparked debate over whether...

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