NATO not publicly discussing US contributions to crisis forces, Rutte says

NATO Secretary ​General Mark Rutte ​on Friday declined ‌to give ​details about possible US plans to shrink the pool ‌of military capabilities it would have available to assist Europe in a major crisis. Rutte said the ‌US contribution to NATO's so-called force model was ‌being discussed, as the US "cannot be everywhere at the same time", but added he could not go into ⁠detail.

"Of ​course, ⁠this is highly classified because we don't want to make ⁠anyone any wiser, but this is a process ​in place, this is nothing new," Rutte told ⁠reporters after a meeting of ministers from NATO countries ⁠in ​Sweden. "We know that the U.S. has to think: if you have multiple threats, ⁠how can we make sure that all the capabilities ⁠and ⁠all the key enablers are everywhere where we need them."

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