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Feb 17, 2011

Rasmussen plans to discuss Ukraine’s participation in NATO missile defense system

By Interfax

From Interfax:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that during his visit to Ukraine, he plans to discuss Ukraine’s possible participation in the NATO missile defense system. "What I would like to discuss during my visit to Ukraine is the question of Ukraine’s possible contribution to the Euro-Atlantic architecture of a missile defense […]

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Feb 17, 2011

Italian President Silvio Berlusconi is charged

By the Economist

From the Economist:  The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has rarely been out of trouble during his 18-year-long political career. But file 5657/2011 of the Milan prosecutors’ office looks as if it could give him his worst problems so far.

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Feb 17, 2011

Adm. Stavridis discusses his role as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe

By Sean Palter, the Atlantic Council of Canada

From Sean Palter, the Atlantic Council of Canada:  The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) logged over 300,000 air miles last year on his way through 40 plus countries.

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Feb 17, 2011

Turkey criticizes US ambassador on press freedoms

By Suzan Fraser, the AP

From Suzan Fraser, the AP:  The newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey drew criticism from the government Thursday for comments about the media freedoms in Turkey following the detention of a dissident journalist.

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Feb 16, 2011

Study shows that defensive military alliances enhance peace

By U.S. News and World Reports

From U.S. News and World Reports:  Countries that enter into defense pacts with other nations are less likely to be attacked, according to new research from Rice University. And those countries are not more likely to attack others.

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Feb 16, 2011

A Rare Voice Against Plan to Leave Afghanistan

By Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune

From Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune:  Just as the European Union’s police training mission in Afghanistan has carved out a role, its chief, Brig. Gen. Jukka Savolainen, is one of the few to question the decision by NATO to pull out troops by 2014.

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Feb 16, 2011

Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Angela Merkel

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  Growing up in communist East Germany, Angela Merkel dreamed of freedom.  And when the Wall finally crumbled and Germany was reunited, she broke barriers of her own, becoming the first East German — and the first woman — to become chancellor of Germany.

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Feb 16, 2011

Russian, U.S. generals to discuss nuclear terrorism in Lisbon

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russian and U.S. generals will meet in Lisbon in June to discuss cooperation between the two countries in fighting nuclear terrorism, the head of the Russian Military Commanders Club said on Wednesday.

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Feb 16, 2011

U.S. confirms $50 million aid for Ukraine’s nuclear security program

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The United States has officially confirmed that it will render Ukraine $50 million to support the country’s nuclear security program.

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Feb 15, 2011

Pentagon to stop funding a U.S.-European missile defense program

By Phillip Stewart and Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Phillip Stewart and Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The United States on Monday said it would stop funding a multibillion-dollar U.S.-European missile defense program known as MEADS after fiscal year 2013, calling it unaffordable in the current budget climate.

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