WASHINGTON — NATO's European members need to increase their defense spending in light of Russia's action in Ukraine, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in planned remarks released on Friday.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: US defense chief says NATO allies must step up defense spending
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2014. NATO's chief Rasmussen said on March 19 that Russia's \"aggression\" in Ukraine posed the most serious threat to European security since t