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US envoy trusts new UK government will keep NATO defence pledge


BRUSSELS – The US ambassador to NATO said on Friday he was confident that newly re-elected British Prime Minister David Cameron would stick to a NATO defence spending pledge despite expectations that his budget-tightening plans could spell more defence cuts.Britain is one of only four of NATO’s 28 members that meet a target of spending two percent of their Gross Domestic Product on defence, but on current projections, British military spending will fall below that level in the next few years as London tries to rein in a big budget deficit.US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that, at last …read more

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