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    Trump declines to endorse NATO's Article 5

    In deference to President Trump, NATO leaders agreed not to focus on Russia during this week's summit. At today's opening session, they hoped he'd endorse the Alliance's Article 5 -- the principal that "an attack on one member nation is an attack on all.”

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    By Warren Olney • May 25, 2017 • 1 min read

    In deference to President Trump, NATO leaders agreed not to focus on Russia during this week's summit. At today's opening session, they hoped he'd endorse the Alliance's Article 5 -- the principal that "an attack on one member nation is an attack on all.” Instead, he lectured about defense spending and "fairness" to the United States, even though the only time NATO's ever invoked Article 5 was after September 11. What are the consequences for Europe's trust in America as the leader of the free world since World War II?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Producer

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      BuzzFeed News

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      Center for a New American Security

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      Cato Institute

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies
    1. 1:24Trump declines to endorse NATO's Article 5You’re reading this
    2. 40:27Does Harvard Business School cause income inequality?
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