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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, center, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, seen in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, May 18, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Russia watching NATO, warns of ‘confrontation’

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. US President Donald Trump will join other NATO heads of state at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to mark the NATO Alliance's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump scolds Emmanuel Macron for ‘nasty statement’ on NATO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

GOP report: Trump Ukraine actions ‘entirely prudent’

By Dave Boyer, Gabriella Muñoz and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump addresses members of the military during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Defense budgets set to dominate yet another NATO summit

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

NATO 70th anniversary sparks debate for Trump, alliance leaders

By Mike Glenn and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the ground-breaking of Marmara University's Recep Tayyip Erdogan complex, in Istanbul, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Erdogan slammed French President Emmanuel Macron Friday for his comments on NATO and Turkey's membership. &quot;You should get checked whether you're brain-dead,&quot; Erdogan called out to Macron.( Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool ) .

France summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan jab at Macron

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in Webster, Texas. Mr. Trump will head to London on Monday, Dec. 2, for a NATO meeting. At present he is not expected to have a separate face-to-face meeting with UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson during the summit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump will tell NATO to increase defense spending, resist Chinese influence

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO seeks to head off budget row saying spending is rising

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is to meet in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, whose recent public statement that it is &quot;brain dead&quot; has shaken the military alliance. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

US to pay less into NATO budget as Macron urges deep talks

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Turkey calls on NATO to support its security concerns

Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, hold a joint press conference at the Elysee palace, Thursday, Nov.28, 2019 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron said the NATO needed &quot;a wake up call&quot; and that its leaders must have a strategic discussion about how the military alliance should work, including on improving ties with Russia. (Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP)

The Latest: US to pay less of NATO’s in-house budget

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a meeting about the budget 2020 of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel says it’s essential to preserve NATO

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, right, and the President of Boeing International, Sir Michael Arthur, hold up photos of an AWACS plane during a media conference at Melsbroek military airport in Melsbroek, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. NATO and the Boeing Company on Wednesday marked the signing of a 1 billion US dollar contract to modernize the Alliance's fleet of AWACS aircraft. This will ensure that NATO AWACS continue to support the Alliance's missions to 2035. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO’s aging eye in the sky to get a last overhaul

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he answers a question during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. The presser is ahead of a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers to focus on defense spending, terrorism, and continued tense ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Germany offers expert group in bid to end NATO rift

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A glance at NATO’s aims for Dec. summit, as tensions simmer

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, a guard stands at the entrance of the Montenegrin Defense Ministry in Montenegro's capital Podgorica. Deployed inside the sprawling communist-era army command headquarters in Montenegro’s capital, a group of elite U.S. military cyber experts are plotting strategy in a fight against potential Russian and other cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 American and Montenegrin elections. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

US, Montenegro plot cyber warfare ahead of 2020 elections

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he answers a question during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. The presser is ahead of a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers to focus on defense spending, terrorism, and continued tense ties with Russia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

NATO chief heads to Paris as France comes under fire

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

South Korea's chief negotiator Jeong Eun Bo answers a reporter's question after a meeting with U.S. counterpart James DeHart at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. U.S. and South Korean officials have publicly acknowledged the allies remain far apart in negotiations for increasing South Korea's contributions to the costs for maintaining the American military presence on its soil. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

U.S. walks out of defense spending talks with South Korea

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks with reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

At NATO summit, Trump to stress US allies’ defense spending

Associated Press

Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, right, greets Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach for talks ahead of the weekend session of military leaders from the alliance's 29 member nations, at the Defense Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo)

British general says Turkey remains vital to NATO mission

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times