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Pentagon

Shanahan, NATO Leader Meet To Discuss $100 Billion Defense Spending Increase, Taliban Peace Talks

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, January 28th, 2019

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Shanahan, NATO Leader Meet To Discuss $100 Billion Defense Spending Increase, Taliban Peace Talks

Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan welcomes NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the Pentagon. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan met with the leader of NATO on Monday to announce the military alliance will increase defense spending by $100 billion through 2020 and discuss “encouraging” peace talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Shanahan reaffirmed the Pentagon’s commitment to NATO with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg adding troops remain on schedule to meet readiness initiatives, with both leaders confirming a framework for ending the war in Afghanistan is beginning in earnest while not offering specifics on…

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