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Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2013

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Sep 30, 2013

White House Welcomes UK Decision to Host NATO Summit

By White House

The United States welcomes the announcement by British Prime Minister Cameron, endorsed by NATO allies, that the United Kingdom will host the 2014 NATO Summit

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Secretary of State John Kerry with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Sept. 23, 2013

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Sep 30, 2013

US has ‘Serious Concerns’ about Turkey’s Choice of Chinese Missile System

By Reuters

The United States said on Saturday it had expressed serious concerns to Turkey over its decision to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system with a Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Turkish Minister of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Feb. 17, 2012

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Sep 30, 2013

NATO Allies Concerned About Chinese Missile Defense System in Turkey

By Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News

A Turkish decision to commission a Chinese company to build Turkey’s first long-range air and missile defense shield presents any number of challenges to Turkey’s Western allies

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 19, 2013

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Sep 27, 2013

Rasmussen: ‘NATO Could Play a Coordinating Role’ in Syria

By Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

[NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen, whose five-year term ends next summer, sat down in New York with the Monitor to discuss Syria

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"The existing conventional arms control regime in Europe is in need of modernization"

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Sep 27, 2013

Poland, Germany and Denmark Call for Progress in Conventional Arms Control in Europe

By Foreign Ministry of Poland

The foreign ministers of Poland, Germany and Denmark at a meeting today in New York called for renewed engagement in establishing a well-functioning and up to date conventional arms control system in Europe.

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 18, 2013

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Sep 27, 2013

NATO Secretary General Welcomes United Kingdom Offer to Host 2014 Summit

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I warmly welcome the offer by the government of the United Kingdom to host the 2014 NATO Summit, which has been welcomed and accepted by Allies.

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The NATO Summit was last hosted in the UK in 1990 by Margaret Thatcher.

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Sep 27, 2013

Cameron Announces Britain will Host 2014 NATO Summit

By Office of the Prime Minister of the UK

The UK will host the 2014 NATO Summit.

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Enders Says Europe Foreign, Security Policies Grow Less Coherent

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Sep 26, 2013

EADS Head Says EU Lacks Clear Security Policy

By Daniel Michaels, Wall Street Journal

European policy on foreign affairs and security is less coherent now than at any point since the Cold War ended, widening a military gap with the U.S.

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Chinese S-300 launcher

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Sep 26, 2013

Turkey Selects Chinese Missile Defense System Over US & European Options

By Anadolu Agency

Ankara has granted a long-awaited tender for long-range missile and air defense systems to Chinese contenders

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Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy

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Sep 26, 2013

Ukraine Joins NATO’s Counter-Piracy Operation Ocean Shield

By NATO

A Ukrainian navy frigate is steaming towards the Horn of Africa to join NATO’s counter-piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield

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