Polish Leaders Call for Increased NATO Spending, More US Aid to Ukraine During Biden Meeting

President Joe Biden hosted Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House to discuss Poland’s commitment to NATO, the military cooperation between Poland and the United States, and financial support for Ukraine. At the meeting, President Duda proposed increasing the defense spending of all NATO members from the current 2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) guideline to 3 percent in response to the growing threat from Russia. The pledge of 2 percent was sufficient 10 years ago when it was introduced, President Duda said. “Now 3 percent is required in response to the full-scale war, launched by Russia right beyond NATO’s eastern border.”...