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Feb 23, 2011

US should continue funding Medium Extended Air Defense System

By Baker Spring and Michaela Bendikova, Heritage Foundation

From Baker Spring and Michaela Bendikova, Heritage Foundation:  The MEADS program is designed to protect the United States’ homeland, allies, and forward-deployed troops against a wide range of threats, including the next generation of tactical ballistic missiles.

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Feb 23, 2011

Commander of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan addresses EU

By William B. Caldwell, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan

From William B. Caldwell, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan:  Police professionals of EU nations have qualities that make them invaluable to the police training mission. Their strength does not lie in their nations’ GDPs…but in their remarkable people. EUPOL possesses and trains the ministerial level expertise in criminal investigation, intelligence-led policing, anti-corruption capabilities, judicial cooperation and coordination, […]

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Feb 23, 2011

France: Diplomats Take Sarkozy to Task

By Scott Sayare, the New York Times

From Scott Sayare, the New York Times:  An anonymous group of former and current French diplomats said Tuesday that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s approach to foreign policy was plagued by amateurism, impulsiveness and a preoccupation with media attention.

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Feb 23, 2011

Gates: US has not discussed Libyan operation with NATO allies

By Stephen Hayes, the Weekly Standard

From Stephen Hayes, the Weekly Standard:  Defense secretary Robert Gates says the United States has not had discussions with its NATO partners about how to handle the unfolding crisis in Libya, and he believes that the United States could not quickly enforce a no-fly zone in the country to keep military jets from shooting on […]

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Feb 22, 2011

NATO SecGen shocked by violence in Libya

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am shocked by the indiscriminate use of violence against peaceful protesters in Libya. I deplore the loss of life.

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Feb 22, 2011

NATO’s military commander visits allied forces in Kosovo

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander United States European Command travelled to Kosovo on Friday, February 18th to visit KFOR troops and receive an update on current operations.

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Feb 22, 2011

NATO concludes anti-submarine exercise

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Last week, Exercise Proud Manta 2011 came to a conclusion after two weeks of intense Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) activity.

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Feb 22, 2011

Fidel Castro says US plans NATO invasion of Libya

By Andrea Rodriguez, the AP

From Andrea Rodriguez, the AP:  Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro said Tuesday that unrest in Libya may be a pretext for a NATO invasion.

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Feb 22, 2011

Battling US for huge deal, Eurofighter woos Japan

By Eric Talmadge, the AP

From Eric Talmadge, the AP:  In a deal that could be worth billions of dollars and determine one of the primary fighter jets in Asia for decades to come, European aircraft makers are trying to convince Japan to do something it has never done before – snub America.

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Feb 22, 2011

NATO allies trying to evacuate citizens from Libya

By Selcan Hacaoglu, the AP

From Selcan Hacaoglu, the AP:  Governments scrambled to send planes and ships to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya’s bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of Turks crowding into a stadium to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering at the border to escape the chaos.

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