At a televised speech in NATO, outgoing U.S. defense secretary Robert Gates criticized their lies, calling it fully equipped to deal with challenges and blasting member countries for what he said were shortages in military spending and political will.
Criticism of NATO member countries regarding military spending.
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My staff and I have learned that it was nearly impossible to get accurate information and answers to questions such as, 'How much money did you spend?' and, 'How many people do you have?'
There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.
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