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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and the Prime Minister of Libya, Ali Zeidan

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Sep 26, 2013

NATO Secretary General Holds Talks with Libya, Turkey

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The Alliance remains open to help the Libyan government rebuild its security sector, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 18, 2013

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Sep 26, 2013

NATO Still has Vital Role, Secretary General Says

By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

NATO, the alliance born and bred in the Cold War, has provided good value for the U.S. taxpayer

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F-16 from the Turkish Air Force

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Sep 25, 2013

NATO Expects Turkey to Exercise Greater Restraint on Syria

By Lale Kemal, Today's Zaman

Some NATO officials talking to Today’s Zaman recalled that it was not first time that Syrian helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles have violated Turkish air space during their missions to attack the opposition targets.

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Coldstream Guards

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Sep 25, 2013

Syria Shows Why Europe Needs to Flex More Muscle

By Gérard Errera, Financial Times

Europe has soft power through its ability to define rules and standards and to extend humanitarian and financial aid. It thinks the US can take the role of policeman of the world.

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Sep 25, 2013

NATO Chief Backs US Threat of Force Against Syria

By Scott Stearns, Voice of America

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the United States should keep up its threat of military action against Syria so as to push forward a deal to end Syria’s chemical weapons program.

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More than 200,000 people took part in NATO Days in Ostrava

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Sep 24, 2013

Huge Public Support for NATO Air Show in the Czech Republic

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More than 200,000 people took part in the 12th annual NATO and the Czech Air Force Days in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, on 22 and 23 September.

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Chairman of the Military Committee Knuds Bartels, June, 19, 2012

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Sep 24, 2013

Head of NATO Military Committee Visits Iceland

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On a two-day visit to Iceland, General Knud Bartels, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, highlighted Iceland’s commitment to supporting NATO Air Surveillance missions and recognized its important role in promoting coast guard cooperation in the Arctic.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, June 4, 2013

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Sep 24, 2013

Head of NATO Condemns Nairobi Terrorist Attack

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, which killed and injured so many people, including citizens of NATO nations.

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Royal Marines Commando in Training

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Sep 23, 2013

Britain Considering Keeping 400 Troops in Afghanistan after 2014

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

The proposal is the first official acknowledgment that Britain could keep forces in the province where nearly 450 troops have died in seven years of fighting.

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, Dec. 13, 2012

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Sep 23, 2013

The Dutch Cut NATO!

By Julian Lindley-French

Last week in a “Defence Note” carefully buried in an announcement on the wider national budget the Netherlands cut some €370m (c$400m) from an already straitened defence budget.

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