00:00U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said NATO allies need to cast off the NATO of the post-Cold
00:05War
00:05and focus on its core war-fighting mission while meeting with French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautran.
00:11Hegseth arrived in France to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of D-Day,
00:15where he again stressed that the U.S. needs strong allies who increase their defense spending
00:19and are ready to invest more in combat credible forces.
00:21We face a strategic environment. We must be prepared for the possibility of simultaneous challenges
00:27and multiple theaters, and given those realities, Europe must take the lead of its own conventional defense.
00:35We believe that is a strategic necessity.
00:37France can help build a NATO that is more balanced, more resilient, and more credible.
00:43Hegseth also outlined the U.S. vision of a new alliance, which he described as NATO 3.0,
00:49adding that the transition is already underway.
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