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Dec 24, 2009

Secretary General’s Message to NATO and Allied Forces

By NATO

From NATO: As we approach the holiday season and the end of 2009, I should like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you who are deployed on NATO-led missions and operations, and my immense admiration for your professionalism, courage and dedication. You, the armed forces, and the many civilians who support you, are […]

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Dec 23, 2009

Republicans ready to tie Iran sanctions to French-Russian arms deal

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: The friction between top GOP leaders in Congress and the French government is over the Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, which the French are considering selling to the Russian Federation. As the biggest potential arms sale from a NATO country to Russia, U.S. lawmakers are worried this could set off a chain reaction […]

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Dec 22, 2009

U.S. to Deploy 100 Soldiers to Poland

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes: Soldiers will soon be on their way to Poland to provide training for the U.S. Army Patriot Missile, according to U.S. Army Europe. A specific unit has not been designated for the mission but about 100 soldiers are expected to deploy during the early part of 2010, said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, […]

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Dec 21, 2009

Saakashvili: Georgia Fights Alongside NATO

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Following President Obama’s speech on our common mission in Afghanistan, NATO members and other countries pledged about 7,000 additional troops. My country committed just under 1,000, which makes Georgia the highest per-capita troop contributor to the war effort… As President Obama pointed out, the threat of violent extremism endangers all […]

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Dec 21, 2009

Spain Adds Troops to Afghan Effort

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Spain will send 511 more troops to Afghanistan, mostly to train Afghan security forces, the country’s defense minister announced Thursday. The new troops will join a buildup of 220 completed late last month, and will bring Spain’s total to more than 1,500, almost twice the size of its force there […]

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Dec 18, 2009

In Afghanistan, NATO is fighting for its life

By the Christian Science Monitor

From the Christian Science Monitor: What has happened to the great alliance of democracies that won the cold war? NATO has yet to fully mobilize and exhibits no sense of urgency concerning the extremist threat. NATO is fighting for its life – it had better start acting like it… In the United States, there is […]

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Dec 18, 2009

SACEUR Provides Input to Strategy Review Leaders

By SHAPE

From SHAPE: The twelve member Group of Experts (GoE), chaired by Dr Madeleine Albright, met yesterday with the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis and Allied Command Operations senior leaders for a fact-finding discussion as part of the process to lay the groundwork for NATO’s updated Strategic Concept. (photo: SHAPE)

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Dec 18, 2009

Rasmussen: NATO Enlargement Benefits Russia

By NATO

From NATO: [T]oday, more than twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, is Russia less secure because democratic states in Central and Eastern Europe have joined the Alliance? I believe that the opposite is true. When Russia’s neighbours joined NATO in 1999 and 2004, Russia benefited from a stable western border. And that […]

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Dec 17, 2009

Germany to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan – paper

By Reuters

From Reuters: Germany plans to send up to 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan in response to requests from the United States and other NATO partners, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday. Citing NATO and German Defence Ministry sources, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the United States and NATO members had already received signals to […]

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Dec 17, 2009

Rasmussen: Joint NATO/Russian Missile Defense by 2020

By Reuters

From Reuters: [NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen said that by 2020, a common anti-missile shield could cover Russia and NATO countries. His optimism about future ties contrasts with years of conflict over previous U.S. plans to install missile interceptors in European countries. “By 2020, cooperation between NATO and Russia on missile defence will have advanced […]

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