However, the U.S. leads NATO in defense spending per capita at $2,239 and total defense spending at $967,707,000. As of 2024, eight of 32 NATO members are below the 2% GDP defense spending threshold.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will not participate in the meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense (Ramstein format) to be held on Wednesday, June 4, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

A meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein Format) will take place on Monday 21 July and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is expected to attend. Source: a ...

When the contact group met in person at NATO headquarters in April, Mr. Hegseth opted to call in. He did not participate in the next meeting, which was in June.

The U.K. and Germany are chairing a meeting Monday to discuss President Donald Trump's plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons, a week after the U.S. president said deliveries would ...

General Caine, who pressed Mr. Hegseth on General Sims’s behalf, got the job of Joint Chiefs chairman after Mr. Hegseth and President Trump fired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., his predecessor. Mr.