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2024-02-12 02:46:47 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D47C77E982A71932DF3EEDC95559BE79D91DBB1483C74FF6ABCC5432DAF6FE30
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NATO member countries self-fund their national militaries. The US does not finance non-US NATO armies. The %GDP guidance is a recommendation so that NATO countries size their militaries according to their national need. It has no impact on US spending. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/no-free-riding-here-european-defense-spending-defies-us-critics/
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