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US military not 'abandoning' allies, defense chief says

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. needs to spend more on defense spending.

He says it would be the wrong planning assumption to say America 's abandoning something or America 's leaving.

The comments come ahead of key meetings Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels of NATO defense ministers and Ukraine Defense Contact Group .

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