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Amid budget cuts, U.S. challenges Europe to match NATO contributions

198 words - February 10, 2012 | © DiploNews, all rights reserved.

At a NATO member meeting in Munich this week, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addressed the impact America’s congressionally mandated $487 billion cut in defense spending over the next decade will have on the transatlantic partnership. With a smaller yet increasingly capable force, the U.S. military will identify a brigade to serve as its land force contribution to the NATO response force. Also, while two Army brigades will return to the U.S. from Europe, the U.S. will rotate an Army battalion for training in Europe. With around 80,000 troops, its presence in Europe will...

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