us nato allies. so if you take out the us from the from the numbers, the rest of nato spend 20% more, so we can do this, but it's not nearly enough when you look at the capability targeting process and when you then from there starts to see the emerging gaps. it has to be much and much more than this famous 2%. it will be more than 3% at least. so here he's right. and the good thing, of course, is when we in the rest of nato spend more that there will be more of a burden sharing with what the us is doing because the us itself is now on about 3.3%, 3.4%, 3.5%, depending on which year and how you calculate it. so that burden shift is necessary. but to your concrete question, i think pete hegseth was very clear in stuttgart. >> let's see. here, a woman in the 2nd row. >> yuri. i wanted to ask you about, uh, like yesterday nato already did what putin wanted, dropped off the idea of ukrainian membership and alliance in the foreseeable future. if this is how nato will make putin to start the talking proces

we hear that from our allies. that's part of being a good faith partner is we're going to invest in our defense industrial base and make sure foreign sales are as rapid as possible which is a force multiplier for american power which is something we want to do. >> we'll go to an international outlet, the japanese service n.h.k. reporter: from the japanese station. i want to mention china, that the u.s. will be prioritizing in deterring china. what role will you expect japan and other countries to play in this context? mr. hegseth: sure. first of all, "point out president trump expressed a strong relationship with xi jinping. we don't have a desire to clash with china. there is a recognition there are divergent interests which lead to strength on the american side, making sure our interests are advanced and make sure any aggressions are deterred but we don't feel conflict is inevitable and don't seek conflict with china and why president trump has that good relationship with xi jinping. it was prudent for us to wor

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ally. poland, as i said, a model ally.ot only in words -- words are cheap -- but indeed and in actions. poland leads by example on a lot of things, including defense spending, building up polish military readiness. yesterday in brussels we talked about spending and the need for hard power. diplomacy is important. talk is important. negotiations are important. but ultimately, bullets and tanks and helicopters and hard power still matters. poland understands that and so do we. they are exceeding nato burden sharing commitments and we are looking for even more ways to partner. you mentioned joint ventures, strategic partnerships, we are open and look forward to further solidifying how we can work together as it pertains to our defense industrial basis. we want to achieve peace through strength together. deterrents, that is apaches, f-35s, patriots, you name it. the more you have, the stronger we are. the more we can cooperate, the better. i also want to thank you and the polish people for the outstanding support of our forces

our allies, and neither should we. i urge my colleagues to review ms. gabbard's recent hearing before the select committee on intelligence in response to almost every question, tulsi gabbard avoided providing any real answer, whether it came from democrat or republican. she simply dodged the questions over and over and over and that's not leadership. this isn't-- is not an example of someone who is qualified and this is not a candidate who will keep america safe. i urge my republican colleagues to join me in listening to common sense, to thinking about our men and women who serve, to think about folks around the globe, to think about everyone here in america to reject this clearly unqualified and dangerous nominee. it doesn't have to be this way. let's have president trump nominate someone else who we can agree is qualified for this critical and consequential role who has our nation's best interest in their heart. tulsi gabbard is not that person. the safety and well-being of our country depends on having a qualified nominee. again, i urge my republican

i am one of 6 children and i view our nato partners and allies like family members.are not friends, we are family. that means we have arguments, we have fights, sometimes we don't talk to each other for months at a time but at the end of the day, even my sister who i'm convinced would never vote for me she is so liberal and would probably endorse my opponent, there is no doubt that if i were in trouble my sister would come to my aid. that has to be foundational to the discussion of people in nato. does anyone honestly believe if we were threatened, regardless of whether we with a higher low that we would not come together and defend the countries of nato, of course we would. we also have to have an honest discussion, pay the 2%, period. we've been well above 2% forever don't give the american people a reason to say why should we spend more, why should we do more when countries who were founders of the nato observer group, look at this, i see people with uniforms on, they can appreciate this. over the last 24 years, if you total the shortfall below 2% of the nations w

and allies here are listening. we've now heard from people like the nato secretary general calling on european allies and nato members to spend more of their gross, their gdp on defense spending. right now, nato members are expected to spend 2% of their gdp on defense. now we are hearing from americans and even some other allies that that could raise as high as 5%. we're talking tens of billions of dollars in additional defense spending by many allies. and the question is, can allies in nato even do this? and how long will it take? but zelinski also had a very specific message for the new trump administration, and he spoke a little bit about some about one of his recent conversations with president donald trump. alex, i got to tell you, this was one of the exchanges today here that really had people talking. he said that, in fact, he told donald trump, vladimir putin is afraid of him. here's what he had to say. >> i told trump that putin afraid of him. yes. and he assured me. and now putin knows. >> and, alex, you

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we get about 50% of intelligence from allies. that exchange of information is based on trust totally. if that trust is burned, that information is not going to be shared. >> where does the trust stand? >> i think some of our intelligence partner i met here are in a wait and see mode. they want two work with the administration. they hope the new orleans of protecting classified information will be maintained. they hope if they share some of the most intelligence they collect it will be protected. but i think there's an understandable wariness, so i'm thinking folks are hoping for the best. >> what happens if some of those allies decide we are pulling back here? >> intelligence sharing is a two-way street. many allies don't want to lose the intelligent they get from america but these are the kinds of relationships that once burned takes a long time to recover. god anybody that happens it will make the united states less secure. >> o.b.m. said national security rules would be exempt in the fork in the road but we have since reported

what do you make of the vice president speech and particularly him telling european allies that their biggest threat was from within? >> i don't think the vice president spoke for the majority of americans. i don't think he spoke for the majority of democrat i don't even think you spoke for the majority of republicans. in terms of how he views the alliance. how critical it is america's long-term security. if everything becomes simply a transaction tactic than the kind of 70+ years of alliance that we had won't stand the test of time. i was disappointed by the tone as somebody our committee the intelligence cocommittee that t deepest dive into the russian intervention and the 2016 elections is completely bipartisan. for him to also underestimate the power r of misinformation a disinformation, it shows that i'm not sure history the ability particularly russia and previous engagements to overthrow regimes based upon the information disinformation campaigns that is real and can be done at speed and scale with ai tools that make the threat even greater. >> how do you think russia would see

allies and other close partners and south china between the u.s. allies. how would you say actions are being read across the region and if you have a policy with development work climate and credibility in the region? >> cautiously optimistic and have reason to pull the positive and they are uncertain. in the order in both cases. this is an expectation and to be fair, it's given under the biden administration is. i'm not sure that the administration would see it that way and second largest trade deficit. what has not really percolated yet, in a developing region, and every region, there were contractors and pv clinics and programs, at least four different ones. and others may be that encapsulation. and destabilizing in the region and it's probably the way everybody else is feeling and negotiate that. it is something they can grab onto and there is a deep steak to negotiate and pray for the last. they are strategizing in this moment and curious about our any expectations from beijing. >> taiwan finds itself in an interesting position with partners and allie

trust that we and our allies will protect each other's secrets. yet, repeatedly, ms. gabbard has excused our adversaries' worst actions and instead often blamed the united states and our allies for them. for example, she blamed n.a.t.o. for russia's 2022 invasion of ukraine and despite the unanimous assessment of the trump administration of trump's dod and ic rejected the conclusion that syrian dictator bashar al-assad used chemical weapons against his own people. i don't know if her intent in making the statement was on those dictators, or how it was perceived. in either case it calls into question her judgment. if she has the ability to build the trust relationships not only our ic work force, but even more importantly, to give our allies confidence they can share their most sensitive intelligence with us. make no mistake about it, if our allies stopped sharing that intelligence, we will be less safe. to offer just one example, last summer intelligence sharing between the united states and austria saved countless lives by disrupting a terrorist attack at a taylor sw

instead, the allies stationed their own troops and their zones soon to german. these were established the federal republic of germany, a democracy aligned with west end, the german democratic republic, a communist dictatorship, dependent on the soviet union. but then tensions grew between the us and the soviet union. the border between the 2, germany's became the front line of the cold war re on them and was now on the agenda both in east and west germany. but it's the west will focus on because we're talking about the role of the us in 1955 with us backing west. germany established its new military force manned for defense only. the idea of we, i'm in germany was controversial at west germany after it's defend spending young man. we're now required to do military service west germany also joined natal insurance bonus valve was integrated into the western military alliance and 1961, the gd yard. so east germany started building the berlin wall and soon after tensions reached a peak, a face off between us and soviet tanks on the streets of berlin. the fast forwar

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they were having the she will be and allies, hey guys. we are spending or oversee percents can help us send on that for us in the us. you are close to 2 percent or not even at 2 percent and the rest of the dates are so they are right. if every like to be extremely irritated because b a. so you have a spending more that my base may mean may be saving somewhere else or an increase next ation or yeah, i guess, well, this is the same for us. i mean, you spend seeing how percent on the fence then you cannot spend it on your pensions or you kind of know where you're texas by the amount. so they're absolutely clear for i think these think 2 things come together. us has to concentrate on your yes, but also on other issues. and by the way, when it comes to the end of pacific and many allies today made that's point uh, these theaters get more and more interconnected with north korea, china in around backing up a put in particular north korea and china being the over there in the in the, in the pacific region, as i said before to you, i have sometim

how much will our allies in nato, in the indo-pacific share with ms. gabbard in charge? the work of american covert operations and intelligence-gathering is based on one central principle, and that is trust. i wouldn't trust tulsi gabbard any further than i can throw her. i think this chamber faces a choice. we can choose to defend america's national security and keep our promise to our constituents to protect their lives and safety and their interests or we can choose to give a gift to vladimir putin and our adversaries, to usher them into the inner halls of the american intelligence system. i know which choice i intend to make. i intend to vote no on tulsi gabbard, and i hope that my colleagues, particularly those across the aisle, at least some of them, will have the courage to do the same. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. ms. rosen: thank you. mr. president, every member of this body is sworn to protect our national security and safety and the well-being of the american people. there is no more important res

and if we are not going to stand by our allies in ukraine will we in taiwan. if nato is attacked we are fortune that the ukrainians are courageous and willing to fight for their countries because terror fighting on behalf of a lot of us. i don't want to see my grandsons go to fight in ukraine or other parts of the world because we didn't take a stand now to defend our ally when we said we were going to. >> all right. we will, i think that is all the time that we have for today. i really -- >> i told tom i didn't mean it filibuster him. >> you want to jump in. >> i hope we can agree the world is very small now and i will -- i won't say who member was but i think europe can learn from the clear an -- or should understand the clear and plenty danger that china represents. i was describing it to someone who is not as supportive of ukraine as i am. i'm unapologetically without kwaugs lane them. but we were am a joint session with the prime minister of japan speaking before congress. i happened it sit next to a colleague had really questions whrorpbts we should play

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that's not the way allies normally talk to each other. i mean, if i'm being quite honest with you a, i don't think i felt much worse in my life and hearing some of the comments coming from the president's candidate has gone to war with the united states, we have the longest undefended border. there's so much, you know, not just the tree, but the cultural relations. so of course, i mean, you own most coming on and referring to the prime minister as just the governor of the 51st 80. it is quite frankly beyond despicable but again, going back to what scott said and, and my colleague and though, i mean obviously look, nobody wants to hear this and is a p m said, you know, we don't want these trade war. but you know, we have huge things that state financially and of course, the canadian government and ottawa has moved heaven and hell, you know, to try to avoid this trade war. of course, the vic salary did a lot of things that are already been agreed to. but this is no way to really talk to allies, but unfortunately, this is the reality. we are

it is better to be an ally that a troublemaker. unfortunately this has not been the case in several administrations in the past and it is a complaint i heard time after time. sometimes it is better to be the u.s. enemy than the u.s. friend. if you are a friend you are overlooked, ignored, and criticized. but if you are and an enemy they want to come up with some arrangements to negotiate. we can have foreign-policy for those who want to harm us and for those who want to cooperate with us. this will change under president's administration. i hope today's visit is the initial signal that says president trump will be a friend to our lives and work together without eyes, especially a country like this that we take as an example, a model we want other countries around the world to follow. if i can briefly say a few words in ingrid -- english? he speaks perfect english, by the way. >> it is important to be here in costa rica. it is a country that i believe is a model for what we want to see other countries become, and frankly, the world.

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and the important aim of this mission is to gather, to gather and share among allies, a big amount of data concerning c routes concerning important traffic junctions in the baltic sea, but also monitoring any suspicious activity. it could be ships that aren't signaling their presence. it could be ships that are taking a curious route to zig zagging in the sea, and these are all things that the allies are going to share and try to paint the picture of what exactly is going on in the baltic sea and body. what on board the ship did the crew notice any suspicious activity in the water? as you know? so i, in my colleague hanging onto a film, those a nice pictures that we saw, we were on the ship on its 1st day of deployment. we set sail with the ship from the military port out in to see. so the crew hadn't yet been able to actually experience what they are going to see in the baltic sea. now the deployment for the month of august i meant to last for 8 weeks and we heard from the captain of the ship that he expects to see. all sorts of different activity expects to see a russian navy ships

and you have 24 to 32 allies were spending is up. and i think moving towards have, obviously the atmosphere is not necessarily maybe so jo. jo, but it is the wake up call. the nato allies, including my country need to do about spending more. trump is looking at a 5 percent target were if i read correctly this morning, poland is going to come in at 4.7 percent this year and anything north of 3 percent . and technically speaking, all of the sabotage, a symmetrical worker that we seen in the north, you had need to really step up with the baltic century force. now there's the e. u is getting more involved about taking down the ghost leads which 80 percent of rushes crude is exiting on. so again, this is another example of nato adapting. and more importantly, another clear sign about why they need to spend more, whether to a piece trunk, to push off the threat of trunk with the dangers intelligence service. seeing that in the next 5 years, they could talk, i lost one any europe's competitiveness, innovation. this is long overdue outlining

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if our allies stop sharing that intelligence, we will be less safe. to offer just one example, last summer intelligence sharing between the united states and austria saved countless lives by disrupting a terrorist attack at a taylor swift concert. underscoring the importance of these relationships. ms. gabbard has also been publicly outspoken in her praise and defense of edward snowden, someone who betrayed the trust and jeopardized the security of our nation. the have as majority of -- the vast majority of the information he stole and leaked, before i would mind you, he ran off to high tail in both china and russia, most of this information, i can assure you, had nothing to do with america's privacy, but did compromise our nation's most sensitive collection sources and methods. in many ways, we're still paying a price for snowden's betrayal and it is beyond dispute that his actions put our men and women in uniform in places like iraq and afghanistan at risk. yet, ms. gabbard has celebrated snowden as a, quote, brave whistleblower, and advocated his p