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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. A U.S. official, not authorized to speak publicly, tells NPR that U.S. military strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites this past Saturday set the program back a few months,

and that damage to the centrifuges at the underground fordo facility was limited.

The official says the early assessment says the attacks did not obliterate Iran's nuclear enrichment program,

as President Trump had said.

The president has arrived in the Netherlands to attend the NATO summit.

It's a short gathering this year. It ends tomorrow.

But there are some big debates happening over defense spending by alliance member nations.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.

The goal of the summit is to get NATO nations to commit to spending 5% of their GDP on defense in the next decade.

But President Trump isn't convinced the U.S. should have to adhere to that number.

On the flight over to the Netherlands, he said he doesn't think the U.S. needs to pay what Europe pays.

He was also unclear on his commitment to Article 5 of the NATO Charter,

the mutual defense agreement that says if one NATO country is attacked, all will defend.

Trump said he was committed to, quote, saving lives and said he'd give an exact definition

on his stance on Article 5 when he got to the Netherlands. Nations are meeting for a dinner

at the palace of the King of the Netherlands this evening and then gathering for summit sessions on Wednesday.

Tepa Shiverram, NPR News, The Hague.

New Yorkers are voting today in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.

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