VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-16
“It demonstrates alliance burden-sharing that all of America’s partners would do well to follow,”
Pete Hegseth · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-16
Hegseth said South Korea's approach was a model of alliance burden-sharing.
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