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NATO chief eyes bigger defense budgets, hard spending target

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference following. Meeting of defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Belgium's Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder gestures during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Portugal's Defense Minister Helena Carreiras, Iceland's Defense Minister Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, from left to top right, laugh during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, center left, and others smile as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, arrives for a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talk during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Canada's Defense Minister Anita Anand and Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius talk prior to a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius talk during the North Atlantic Council round table meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO chief eyes bigger defense budgets, hard spending target