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Associated Press: NATO, Pentagon chiefs discuss military budgets, terrorism

Published Jan. 24, 2017 at 12:16 pm

In this image released by the US Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense James Mattis (C) hosts his first roundtable after arriving at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2017.

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BRUSSELS – NATO’s chief and new U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis have discussed military spending and combating terrorism, the source of criticism of the alliance by President Donald Trump.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s office said on Jan. 24 that the two men “agreed on the fundamental and enduring value of NATO for the security of both Europe and North America.”