1.   An attorney for the city acknowledged after the verdict that the use of the report made the defense task all the more difficult.

2.   Cook said defense spending by Europeans equaled two-thirds of that of the United States but they shoulder far fewer NATO defense tasks.

3.   European defense spending equals two-thirds of that of the United States, but is not reflected in the NATO defense tasks Europe shoulders.

4.   Its core defense task now is to maintain the existing weapons stockpile.