ISPete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense, announced today that his department plans to conduct a review of the deployment of U.S. troops in Europe. The review could take up to six months and aims to ensure that NATO European allies assume more leadership roles in European defense. Hegseth emphasized the need to secure access and use of U.S. military bases in Europe and criticized some NATO members for restricting the use of these bases during the U.S.-Iran conflict. He praised some countries for increasing their defense spending but said others needed to do more. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of
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