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October 9, 2017
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By Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Washington Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9VvZydRow
Beyond elections, cyberwarfare has made traditional rules governing armed conflict irrelevant.

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September 1, 2017
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By Kay Bailey Hutchison, New York Times
https://twitter.com/USAmbNATO/status/902171145193103362
I was nominated as United States ambassador to NATO by President Trump in late June.

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July 6, 2017
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By Donald Trump, White House
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/35592555022/
On behalf of all Americans, let me also thank the entire Polish people for the generosity you have shown in welcoming our soldiers to your country.

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June 29, 2017
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By Jim Mattis, Department of Defense
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Germany and the United States stand together, allied against threats to the peace and security of this continent, Canada and the United States and the disruption of harmony elsewhere.

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June 27, 2017
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By Arthur Beesley, Financial Times
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Kjell Brygfjeld, a 67-year-old commercial lawyer in Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway, never expected the aftershocks from last July’s failed military coup in Turkey to reach his door.

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June 13, 2017
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By Paul Handley, AFP
https://www.flickr.com/photos/secdef/34841776631/sizes/z/
US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States remained committed to NATO's mutual defense pledge, after he failed to endorse it in a speech in Brussels last month.

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June 9, 2017
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By Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/09/trump-romanian-president-iohannis-visa-waiver-sot.cnn
At long last, U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed NATO’s bedrock collective defense clause, Article 5, in a press conference Friday. “Absolutely, I’d be committed to Article 5,” he said Friday

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June 8, 2017
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By Damien Sharkov, Newsweek
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/trips/54691/photos/48658
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep opposition to the idea of Sweden joining NATO, calling its potential membership of the U.S.-led alliance a “threat” that would need to be “eliminated.”

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June 7, 2017
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By Susan Glasser, Politico
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nato/34759148021/sizes/z/
It was a simple sentence. Just 27 words.

“We face many threats, but I stand here before you with a clear message: the U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and to Article 5 is unwavering.”

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June 7, 2017
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By Susan Glasser, Politico
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nato/34851028796/sizes/z/
When President Donald Trump addressed NATO leaders during his debut overseas trip little more than a week ago, he surprised and disappointed European allies

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The views expressed in NATOSource are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Atlantic Council, its staff, or its supporters.
natoBreedlove I go to NATOSource regularly to stay current on NATO events and to read the ideas of the many men and women both inside and outside of NATO who are shaping the global security conversation.
- General Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

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"They expect full [NATO] membership when it comes to their defense; then that means that they've also got to make a contribution that is commensurate with full membership"


President
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"Every ally spending less than 2 percent of their GDP needs to dig deeper and make a concrete commitment to do more"


Secretary of State
John Kerry
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"If the American people do not see European nations stepping forward to invest in their own defense when their own security is threatened, we risk eroding U.S. support for the alliance"


Secretary of Defense
Chuck Hagel
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"European allies need to spend more money on defense"


Norwegian Defense Minister
Ine Eriksen Søreide
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"We expect every ally to pull its full weight through increased investment in defense and upgrading our Alliance for the future. Europe needs to take defense spending seriously and meet NATO's benchmark"

National Security Advisor
Susan Rice
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