Today's D Brief: NATO plans; Space Force wish list; Army’s cuts; Cargo rockets? And a bit more.
By Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
June 7, 2021 10:35 AM ET
The D Brief
NATO’s chief is in D.C. today ahead of Biden’s Europe swing. And among the first things on NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s agenda today is a visit to the Pentagon at 11 a.m. ET. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will welcome Stoltenberg for a series of discussions behind closed doors.
Context: President Joe Biden is one week away from his first overseas trip as POTUS, with an itinerary that sends him first to the UK for a three-day visit with G7 leaders in Cornwall before pivoting to Brussels for a meeting with leaders of the 30-member alliance. And after all that, he’ll fly to Switzerland for a scheduled meeting with Russia’s president, the first time the two leaders will meet in person as leaders of their two countries.
“[R]einforcing transatlantic security in the face of challenges from Russia and China” are a few of the leading issues that will animate this afternoon’s meeting between Biden and Stoltenberg, according to the White House’s public schedule for the day.
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