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Signs of solidarity with Ukraine during debate in European Parliament, Dec. 12, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

Brzezinski: Ukraine Should Join EU, but No Military Alliance

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

The west, however, can play a constructive role in containing the exploding violence. That will take concerted action by the US and the EU.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 19, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

NATO Secretary General Commends Ukrainian Military for Not Intervening in Political Crisis

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I am closely monitoring the important developments in Ukraine. The people of Ukraine must determine their own future in freedom and democracy.

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German Eurofighter

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Feb 21, 2014

Germany Cuts Order for Eurofighter Jets

By AFP

Germany’s defense ministry is planning to reduce its order for Eurofighter jets from 180 to 143, according to media reports on Thursday.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Feb 21, 2014

NATO Secretary General Welcomes Agreement in Ukraine

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I welcome the agreement reached between the government and the opposition in Ukraine.

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EU defense ministers, February 21, 2014

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Feb 21, 2014

EU Defense Ministers Support the Way Forward for CSDP and EU Operations

By European Union

The informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers took place on 20 and 21 February in Athens, chaired by Greek Minister of National Defence Dimitris Avramopoulos on behalf of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.

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Violence in Kiev, Jan.19, 2014

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Feb 20, 2014

Fears Grow that Ukraine’s Military May Intervene in Crisis

By Neil Buckley, Roman Olearchyk, and Geoff Dyer, Financial Times

“If there is a decision to use force to clear the protesters, it can be done but will start a civil war,” said Ihor Smeshko, former head of Ukraine’s SBU security services.

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Tweet by SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove

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Feb 20, 2014

NATO Chief Tweets Ukraine Military In a Plea for Peace

By Kevin Baron, Defense One

Call it a modern day battlefield demarche. Gen. Phil Breedlove, NATO supreme allied commander, took to Twitter and Facebook to reach Ukraine’s new military chiefs and request talks with toward ending the violent uprisings now drawing worldwide attention.

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Feb 19, 2014

France Contributed $294 Million to Subsidize British Carriers

By John Lichfield, Independent

The French government’s public spending watchdog protested this week that a defence co-operation agreement signed by Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair in 2006 led to “a French contribution pure and simple to the financing of [two] British aircraft carriers in their early development phase.”

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, May 7, 2013

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Feb 19, 2014

Hagel: ‘We Still Need Bases’ in Europe

By Department of Defense

Excerpts from remarks by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Kenneth Feinberg, February 18, 2014.

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Former Finnish Minister of Defense Elisabeth Rehn at the Pentagon, May 19, 1993

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Feb 18, 2014

Former Finnish Defense Minister Rehn: I am No Longer Sure About the Strength of NATO

By Lithuania Tribune

The chief editor of The Lithuania Tribune Ruslanas Iržikevičius talked to Elisabeth Rehn, former Minister of Defence of Finland.

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