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Secretary Hegseth Briefs the Media After the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Feb. 13, 2025
February 13, 2025 · Department of War · 1:04:04
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What happened
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed reporters after a NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in Brussels on February 13, 2025, published live by the Department of War (uploaded February 14, 2025). The briefing closed his first Brussels trip as Secretary, which also carried the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting paged separately on this site.
Why it matters
A Secretary’s first post-ministerial briefing in Brussels is the alliance-facing record of the new administration’s opening position toward NATO — the on-record counterpart to the ministerial itself.
Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefs media after a NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels,” uploaded February 14, 2025 (official upload, embedded above; the department’s description dates the briefing February 13, 2025). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.
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