US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will not participate in the meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense (Ramstein format) to be held on Wednesday, June 4, at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

When the contact group met in person at NATO headquarters in April, Mr. Hegseth opted to call in. He did not participate in the next meeting, which was in June.

However, the U.S. leads NATO in defense spending per capita at $2,239 and total defense spending at $967,707,000. As of 2024, eight of 32 NATO members are below the 2% GDP defense spending threshold.

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