; (B) focus on and budget for sustainment of capabilities in defense planning; and (C) consider combined units for expensive capabilities such as air defense, rocket artillery, and engineer assets. 1338. Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) the success of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is critical to advancing United States national security objectives in Europe, the Indo-Pacific region, and around the world; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization remains the strongest and most successful military alliance in the world, founded on a commitment by its members to uphold the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law; (3) the United States reaffirms its ironclad commitment— (A) to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as the foundation of transatlantic security; and (B) to upholding its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, including Article 5; (4) the unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has upended security in Europe and requires the full attention of the transatlantic alliance; (5) welcoming Finland as the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has made the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance stronger and the remaining North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries should swiftly ratify the accession protocols of Sweden so as to bolster the collective security of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by increasing the security and stability of the Baltic Sea region and Northern Europe; (6) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries that have not yet met the two-percent defense spending pledge, as agreed to at the 2014 Wales Summit, should endeavor to meet the timeline as expeditiously as possible, but certainly within the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act