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Defense Secretary Gates Says NATO Becoming Irrelevant

In his farewell address to NATO in Brussels today, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates had harsh words for alliance members that rely on the US instead of doing their own defense spending, at a time when the US has increasing problems of its own. Peter Spiegel is Brussels Bureau Chief for the Financial Times .

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

In his farewell address to NATO in Brussels today, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates had harsh words for alliance members that rely on the US instead of doing their own defense spending, at a time when the US has increasing problems of its own. Peter Spiegel is Brussels Bureau Chief for the Financial Times.