Sec. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS
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## SEC. 2 SENSE OF CONGRESS It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States to— ####
(1)deter aggression against North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)allies by Russia or any other adversary; ####
(2)assist NATO allies in acquiring and deploying modern, NATO interoperable military equipment and reducing their dependence on Russian or former Soviet-era defense articles; ####
(3)ensure that NATO allies meet alliance defense commitments, including through adequate investments in national defense; ####
(4)supplement existing grant assistance to key allies through foreign military financing loans, at rates competitive with those already available on commercial markets, to purchase NATO-interoperable military equipment; and ####
(5)work to maintain and strengthen the democratic institutions and practices of all NATO allies, in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty.