US Needs to Spend More on Defense, Should Not Go Below 3% of GDP - Pentagon Chief

NAMPA / Sputnik

2025-02-11

WASHINGTON, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - The United States needs to spend more on defense than it did during the Biden administration, and it should not go below 3% of its GDP, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday. "I think the US needs to spend more than the Biden administration was willing to, who historically underinvested in the capabilities of our military ... at a minimum, we should not go below 3%," Hegseth told reporters......

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