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Norway to reduce forces in NATO’s Libya operation

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Norway will scale down its role in NATO-orchestrated air strikes on Libya after its current three-month commitment ends on June 24, Defence Minister Grete Faremo said on Monday.

U.S. May Place Fighter Jets in Poland

By Marcin Sobczyk, the Wall Street Journal

From Marcin Sobczyk, the Wall Street Journal:  President Barack Obama, set to visit Warsaw this month, will announce the details of a move of U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets to Poland from the Aviano Air Base in Italy

Why Turks Don’t Like NATO

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

From Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal:  In the vexed debate over whether Turkey is shifting its axis to the east, a new study suggests that if it is, then that may be more about old-fashioned nationalism than rising Islamism. The study by the Betam research center at Istanbul’s Bahcesehir University crunches the data from […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 8

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Turf wars within the EU

By Stephen Castle, the International Herald Tribune

From Stephen Castle, the International Herald Tribune:  There are few better illustrations of those continuing turf wars than the reaction to the death of Bin Laden. The first E.U. pronouncements were issued by Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, even though he has very few foreign policy powers. His two declarations were followed by […]

US congratulates the EU for celebrating Europe Day

By Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, U.S. Department of State:  On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the European Union as you celebrate Europe Day this May 9. Sixty-one years ago today, Robert Schuman issued a historic declaration proposing a European continent united in solidarity – one that […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 7

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NATO Chief: “Gadhafi’s time is over”

By CNN

From CNN:  NATO’s leader confidently proclaimed on Sunday that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s days are numbered, but he couldn’t foresee how long the alliance’s grinding mission to protect besieged civilians will last. "The game is over for Gadhafi," NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told CNN’s "State of the Union." "He should realize sooner rather than […]

Rasmussen starts tour in the US with visit to wounded troops

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen began his week long tour of America on the 7th of May with a visit to wounded troops at the National Naval Medical Center near Washington. Together with General James Cartwright the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary General met with servicemen injured […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 6

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