American and German service members have served beside one another at NATO missions Afghanistan and Iraq.  United States continues to work with Germany on our commitment to NATO's principle of collective defense.. ..…

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the continent responded with solidarity: NATO invoked its collective self-defense clause, Article 5, for the first time, and European allies backed the U.S. war in Afghanistan. But Washington’s subsequent invasion of Iraq, in 2003, which European powers including..…