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Nov 10, 2009

Freedom Award for NATO Troops

By SHAPE

From SHAPE: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, accepted a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO troops during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, the day before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. From the Bridge: I was truly humbled by the privilege of accepting […]

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Nov 9, 2009

US to send $100M worth of weapons to Georgia

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: The US has offered to sell Georgia up to $100 million worth of weapons, which would include, among others, a sophisticated air defense system, small arms and ammunition, according to Russian security services… The head of the General Staff, Aleksandr Shlyakhturov, told the agency [TASS] that, according to the information at their […]

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Nov 9, 2009

Secretary Clinton sees NATO as a “Cornerstone of a Global Architecture of Cooperation”

By the U.S. Department of State

From the U.S. Department of State: “We owe it to ourselves and to those who yearn for the same freedoms that are enjoyed and even taken for granted in Berlin today. And we need to form an even stronger partnership to bring down the walls of the 21st century, and to confront those who hide […]

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Nov 7, 2009

Russian Deputy Says Polish Comments Could Hurt Relations

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee, said in Moscow that [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw] Sikorski’s statement about Russia threatening Polish security is “absolutely groundless and unacceptable.” He added that the Russian Foreign Ministry should respond to Sikorski’s statement. Kosachev’s comment came after Russian media outlets quoted […]

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Nov 6, 2009

A NATO Without Turkey?

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Today, the Turkish military can do little but watch as the secular, democratic, pro-Western republic established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the early 1900s is undermined. While it’s still too early to write Turkey out of NATO, in the not so distant future, the alliance will reach a decision point. […]

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Nov 6, 2009

Lavrov says surprised Poland seeking U.S. protection from Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Moscow is surprised at media reports that Poland is seeking to host U.S. troops to protect it from Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday… “If he [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski] did say that, I am astonished, as we have discussed in detail European security problems that need to be […]

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Nov 6, 2009

Central Europe needs NATO forces – Polish Minister

By Reuters

From Reuters: Central Europe needs “strategic reassurance” from Washington and NATO forces should be placed in the region to underscore its value to the alliance, Poland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, said a visit last month to Poland and the Czech Republic by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, to ease concerns […]

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Nov 5, 2009

TASS: Russia spy chief warns of new Georgia war

By Reuters

From Reuters: The head of Russia’s powerful military intelligence agency said on Thursday that Georgia might again attack South Ossetia, the pro-Moscow region over which the two countries fought a war last year. Alexander Shlyakhturov, who in April took over command of the GRU — the Russian acronym for Russia’s Chief Intelligence Agency — said […]

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Nov 5, 2009

Kouchner Urges Stronger Afghan Role for Europe

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Europe should take the opportunity of a new Afghan administration to coordinate its policies on Afghanistan and not wait for Washington to make all the decisions, the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said on Wednesday. “We need to speak as Europe to the Americans” on Afghanistan, he said, and end […]

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Nov 4, 2009

Chancellor Merkel: “NATO Is and Will Continue to Be the Crucial Corner-Stone of our Collective Defense”

By Spiegel

From Spiegel: And that is why for me today is, first of all, the time to say thank you. I thank the American and Allied pilots who heard and heeded the desperate call of Berlin’s mayor Ernst Reuter as he said “People of the world, … look upon this city.” For months, these pilots delivered […]

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