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Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper insists the relationship with the United States remains “immensely strong” but recognises that Europe can “not simply rely on the US” to fund defence on the continent. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, I think that relationship we have with the U.S., that security relationship through NATO,
00:05but also through our intelligence partnerships, that remains immensely strong. But look,
00:09the U.S. has been clear their focus is changing. And that means Europe needs to do more for its
00:14own defence and not simply rely on the U.S. to fund European defence, as has happened for a long
00:21time in the past. So we are stepping up. We're increasing our own defence investment and working
00:26closely with European partners, because it's our national security for Britain. That has to be
00:32the underpinning of every single priority for the Labour government.
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