Pentagon nominee urges NATO members to boost defense spending
NATO members should increase military spending to live up to their commitments under the trans-Atlantic military alliance, Ashton Carter, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Pentagon, said on Wednesday."They need to spend more on their own defense because their own defense is also our defense," Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on his nomination."Iâd like to see them carry their full weight of being an ally," he said.