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senate Bill S. Res. 570

Should Congress Express the U.S. Commitment to NATO & the Importance of Allies Meeting Their Defense Spending Pledges?

Argument in favor

Congress should express America’s commitment to the NATO alliance and recognize the 7 other allies that are meeting their pledges to spend 2% of GDP on defense — while also encouraging the other 21 allies to do the same.

Andrea's Opinion

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07/13/2018

When The first Persian Gulf War happened, we needed strategy and our allies. We need our allies now; we also need to communicate where resources are needed.

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KansasTamale's Opinion

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07/14/2018

This is a Trick Question. YES WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO NATO. IT HAS BEEN THE BEST DETERRENT TO TERRORISM ON THE COUNTRIES IN THE GROUP. No. Forcing countries to pay more when they’re working on their payments.

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Loretta's Opinion

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07/14/2018

Please express US commitment to NATO and somehow apologize to our allies for the disgraceful behavior of our President!

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Argument opposed

Congress should use more drastic methods to remind NATO allies to meet their defense spending commitments. Alternatively, if 21 NATO members aren’t going to honor their commitments the U.S. should leave the alliance.

Vanessa's Opinion

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07/13/2018

I don’t have much faith in this Congress and have had enough publicity stunts to last a lifetime. I only hope our past Presidents and diplomats are reassuring our allies that this clown will be gone soon and we will right the course ASAP!

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TheIndependent84's Opinion

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07/13/2018

I think the whole world needs to cut there military budget by 7% especially Our Country who has a bloated military budget as is. Shoot our Budget beats 12 other country's combined,and has for years! Cut all military spending by 7% should be the world's Goal. #EndTheWars

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IllWill's Opinion

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07/13/2018

I think this obsession over defense spending is ridiculous to begin with. We need to focus demilitarizing the world, not militarizing it even further.

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What is Senate Bill S. Res. 570?

This resolution would reaffirm America’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), encourage the 28 other NATO allies to fulfill their commitments to spend 2% of GDP on defense, and finance training & equipment needed to achieve interoperability within the alliance. It’d also recognize the 7 other NATO allies aside from the U.S. that are meeting their defense spending commitments: the United Kingdom, Poland, Estonia, Greece, Romania, Lithuania, and Latvia. In 2014, NATO members declared that all allies currently failing to do so will work toward meeting their defense spending commitments by 2024.

As a concurrent resolution, this legislation would advance to the House if passed by the Senate to serve as a non-binding statement by Congress on the issue of NATO defense spending commitments.

Impact

NATO members; and Congress.

Cost of Senate Bill S. Res. 570

A CBO cost estimate is unavailable.

More Information

In-Depth: Sponsoring Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) introduced this resolution to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO and call on NATO allies to fulfill defense spending commitments:

“NATO is the foundation for global security, which is why President Trump made bolstering this key alliance one of his top priorities. Since he took office, our NATO allies have started increasing their defense budgets. This year, NATO expects eight allies to meet their goal, and 15 allies are on track to hit their target by 2024. It is critical our NATO alliance stays strong and has the funding it needs to carry out global security missions.”

This legislation has the support of four cosponsors, all of whom are Republicans.

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