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Jun 20, 2013

President of Lithuania: Unilateral Nuclear Cuts Would Be Irresponsible

By 15min.lt

From 15min.lt:  The United States should not unilaterally reduce its arsenal of nuclear weapons or succumb to Russia during talks on the missile defense system in Europe, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

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Jun 20, 2013

Let Europe Defend Itself

By Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report

From Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report:  Twenty years ago the EU set up its Common Security and Defense Policy to create an autonomous military capability for Europe.

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Jun 20, 2013

Time to Pull US Troops from Europe

By Sean Kay, Foreign Policy

From Sean Kay, Foreign Policy:  Impressions of European "free-riding" on the United States for military operations have been deepening in Congress and among the American public for years now.

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Jun 20, 2013

NATO Gives Sweden’s Armed Forces High Marks

By Mission of Sweden to NATO

From Mission of Sweden to NATO: Sweden received a report in which NATO assesses Sweden’s armed forces and their capabilities.

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Jun 20, 2013

US Forces Training for Potential Chemical Weapons Crisis in Syria

By Barbara Starr, CNN Security Clearance

From Barbara Starr, CNN Security Clearance:  Senior U.S. officials have said there is continuing concern that eventually some type of military units will be needed to go into Syria to take control of the [chemical] weapons. For more than a year, the United States has quietly trained Jordanian forces for that mission. But the Army’s […]

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Jun 20, 2013

The Role of NATO in Today’s World

By Mary T. Curtin, Star Tribune

From Mary T. Curtin, Star Tribune:  NATO plays an important role protecting the security that has enabled decades of European and North American peace and prosperity.

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Jun 19, 2013

Obama to Germany: ‘Complacency is not the Character of Great Nations’

By Barack Obama, White House

From Barack Obama, White House:  [B]ecause courageous crowds climbed atop that wall, because corrupt dictatorships gave way to new democracies, because millions across this continent now breathe the fresh air of freedom, we can say, here in Berlin, here in Europe — our values won.

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Jun 19, 2013

Parliament Approves Participation of Finnish Air Force in Surveillance Over Iceland

By Finland Times

From Finland Times:  The cabinet committee on Foreign and Security Policy on Friday finalised the Finnish participation in training on airspace surveillance of Iceland early 2014.

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Jun 19, 2013

Russia Starts Delivering $1 Billion Arms Package to Azerbaijan

By Thomas Grove, Reuters

From Thomas Grove, Reuters:  Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan

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Jun 19, 2013

President of Finland: We Can Join NATO Any Time

By Yle

From Yle:  In an interview with Yle’s A-studio following yesterday’s high-level Finnish conference on foreign and security policy, President Sauli Niinistö said that Finland’s possible NATO membership should be reconsidered

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