{"id":22961,"date":"2019-03-11T21:10:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/11\/lawmakers-to-invite-nato-chief-to-address-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:02:46","slug":"lawmakers-to-invite-nato-chief-to-address-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/03\/11\/lawmakers-to-invite-nato-chief-to-address-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers to invite NATO chief to address Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/nato-priorities\/2018\/07\/10\/nato-boss-lauds-trump-for-defense-spending-push-on-eve-of-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg<\/a> is due to be invited by Congress in April, sources familiar with the planning said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The invitation comes as NATO celebrates its 70th anniversary in April, but also comes at a tense time in the alliance. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/trump-invokes-new-demand-for-extracting-billions-of-dollars-from-us-allies\/2019\/03\/09\/d472b9cb-09d5-481e-9475-291378986dbb_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-03-08\/trump-said-to-seek-huge-premium-from-allies-hosting-u-s-troops\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>, President Donald Trump is mulling a demand that nations that host U.S. troops pay their costs, plus 50 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/07\/27\/bipartisan-bills-would-block-trump-from-quitting-nato-without-senates-ok\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-996143054.jpg_ca4a3f.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Bipartisan bill would block Trump from quitting NATO without Senate\u2019s OK<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The bills are the latest moves by Congress to reaffirm support for NATO in the wake of Trump\u2019s polarizing performance at a NATO summit in Brussels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is inviting Stoltenberg, a source said. She consulted with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., and all of them support her forthcoming invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell is joining in the invitation, according to McConnell spokesman David Popp. \u201cLeader McConnell and Speaker Pelosi have agreed to invite Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint session of Congress this spring. We will have additional details of the secretary general\u2019s speech in the weeks to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi and a delegation of U.S. lawmakers visited Brussels in February, where they met with NATO leadership. There, she sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/02\/22\/congress-foreign-policy-flex-in-europe\/\" target=_blank>reassure allies<\/a> worried about Trump\u2019s rhetoric that Congress is a co-equal branch of government, and it supports NATO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The invitation comes at a tense time in the 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