27-04-2018 21:25 via yahoo.com

New US envoy Pompeo targets Germany over NATO spending

New US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at Germany over its defence spending Friday, using his first NATO meeting to push President Donald Trump's call for allies to shoulder a bigger burden.As a meeting of alliance foreign ministers put on a united front on the need to counter Russian "aggression", Pompeo hammered home one of Trump's oldest themes -- demanding that NATO members pay their way.Some allies, including Europe's economic powerhouse Germany, have been reluctant to meet a commit
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