Hegseth skips NATO meeting; Pentagon No. 3 urges 'partnership rather than dependency'

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby on Thursday called for NATO to be based on “partnership rather than dependency” ahead of talks with the military alliance’s defense ministers in Brussels. “Now it’s time to march out together, to be pragmatic,” he told reporters, calling for a “3.0 NATO” that’s “based on partnership rather than dependency, and...