23 NATO members on track to meet 2 percent GDP spending goal

President Biden on Monday welcomed as good news the announcement that 23 countries in the 32-member NATO alliance are on track to spend two percent of their GDP on military defense this year, an important benchmark established in 2014.“We have a very important announcement to make today: A record number of allies are meeting NATO's commitment to at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense,” Biden said in remarks at the White House, ahead of a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens S