German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on September 15, after Hegseth had previously rebuffed a meeting between the two.

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on September 15, after Hegseth had previously rebuffed a meeting between the two. The meeting coincides with Pistorius's trip to Texas for a rollout ceremony marking the delivery of Germany's first F-35 fighter jets. The talks follow strained U.S.-German relations after Trump ordered 5,000 U.S. troops withdrawn from Germany in May following Merz’s criticism of the U.S. war with Iran. Source: POLITICO