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29 M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks arrived at the Grafenwoehr training facility

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Feb 4, 2014

American Tanks Return to Europe After Brief Leave

By Michael S. Darnell and John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

From Michael S. Darnell, Stars and Stripes: Less than a year after they left European soil, American tanks have returned to military bases in Germany where they had been a heavy presence since World War II.

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Libyan bomb armed with chemical agent

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Feb 3, 2014

US and Partners Complete Destruction of Libya’s Chemical Weapons

By Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Even as the international effort to destroy Syria’s vast chemical weapons stockpile lags behind schedule, a similar American-backed campaign carried out under a cloak of secrecy ended successfully last week in another strife-torn country, Libya.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, February 1, 2014

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Feb 3, 2014

NATO Secretary General Concerned About Russian Plans to Deploy Offensive Weapon Systems

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I am convinced that the vision that we agreed in 2010 in Lisbon remains the right one: a true strategic partnership between NATO and Russia. But I am concerned that in key areas, we remain too far apart.

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Harpoon missile launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook, April 29, 2009

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Feb 3, 2014

Russia Threatens to Quit START as US Deploys Aegis Destroyer to Spain

By RT

The US has deployed a ballistic missile defense destroyer to Spain to boost NATO’s anti-missile shield in Europe. The move, allegedly aimed at curbing the Iranian threat, has sparked talks about Russia possibly scrapping the START nuclear treaty.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, Feb. 17, 2011

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Feb 3, 2014

NATO Prepared to Help Destroy Syria’s Chemical Arsenal

By Al Arabiya

Elements of NATO are ready to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, after the United States expressed concern over the Syrian government’s slow efforts to transport the toxic arms to its Mediterranean port, U.S. European Command chief Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove told Al Arabiya News Channel

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Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, June 28, 2013

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Feb 3, 2014

Palestinian Leader Seeks NATO Force in Future State

By Jodi Rudoren, New York Times

Six months into peace talks dominated by discussion about security, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority has proposed to Secretary of State John Kerry that an American-led NATO force patrol a future Palestinian state indefinitely

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UK Defense Minister Philip Hammond and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian

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Jan 31, 2014

Britain and France Strengthen Defense Cooperation

By UK Ministry of Defense

A communiqué signed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande sets out plans for closer ties between the 2 countries.

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German President Joachim Gauck

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Jan 31, 2014

President Gauck: Germany Must Contribute More to Regional and World Security

By Joachim Gauck, Office of the President of Germany

Germany is globalised more than most countries and thus benefits more than most from an open world order.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Jan 30, 2014

NATO Secretary General Makes Case for Improving European Defense Budgets

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Between 2008 and 2013, total defence spending by European NATO Allies declined by almost 40 billion US dollars in nominal terms.

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Admiral Edouard Guillaud

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Jan 30, 2014

France Dismisses Military Call for Intervention in Libya

By Libya Herald and AP

From Libya Herald:  France has firmly rebuffed suggestions that it should join an international force and intervene in the south of Libya to end instability there and prevent it becoming a regional base for Al Qaeda.

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