Obama tells Cameron to spend more on defence: President wants PM to commit to spending 2% of national income – or set a bad example to rest of Europe

‘Barack Obama has told David Cameron he must commit to spending 2 per cent of national income on defence – or set a bad example to the rest of Europe.

The U.S. president used his summit meeting with the Prime Minister last month to stress that a failure to meet the Nato target would undermine the military alliance.

Fresh details of the meeting between the two leaders emerged last night in The Daily Telegraph.’

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