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Apr 8, 2013

Cyprus plans to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace program

By AFP

From AFP:  Cyprus said on Monday it aims to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace rather than remain the only EU country which does not have a cooperation programme with the Western military alliance.

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Apr 8, 2013

World leaders react to Thatcher’s passing

By David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister

From David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister:  It was with great sadness that l learned of Lady Thatcher’s death. We’ve lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton.

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Apr 8, 2013

Pentagon to Seek Less for Missile Defense in 2014 Budget

By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News

From Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News:  The Pentagon will request $9.16 billion for missile defense programs for the 2014 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, about $550 million less than this year’s $9.71 billion, according to internal budget figures obtained by Bloomberg News.

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Apr 8, 2013

Rasmussen: Thatcher was ‘a powerful advocate of NATO and the transatlantic bond’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am deeply saddened by the death of Baroness Thatcher. I express my most profound condolences to her family and the people of the United Kingdom. Baroness Thatcher was an extraordinary politician who was a staunch defender of freedom, a powerful advocate of NATO and the transatlantic bond. She strongly […]

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Apr 8, 2013

Obama on Thatcher: ‘World has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty’

By Barack Obama, White House

From Barack Obama, White House:  With the passing of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend. 

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Apr 8, 2013

NATO under pressure as allies cut defense costs

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  As defense budgets are slashed in dire financial times, governments increasingly rely on alliances and cooperation with their partners.

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Apr 6, 2013

France’s beleaguered president

By Economist

From Economist:  The French are not known for their optimism, but recently their morosité has been plumbing new depths.

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Apr 6, 2013

Poland to join NATO drone project in 2014

By Polish Radio

From Polish Radio:  Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak has announced that from 2014 Poland will participate in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.

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Apr 5, 2013

NATO must become as much knowledge nexus as military nexus

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  H]ow can NATO address its most pressing emerging security challenge: how to close the strategy-austerity-capability gap?

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Apr 5, 2013

David Cameron: We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever

By David Cameron, Telegraph

From David Cameron, Telegraph:  This week marks the completion of the 100th patrol by the Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class submarines, which carry our Trident nuclear missiles.

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