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Oct 12, 2009

Russia’s envoy to NATO opens Twitter account

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia’s envoy to NATO has opened his own account on the popular social networking and micro-blogging service, Twitter. “Recently, I discovered on Twitter messages from NATO’s new secretary general [Anders Fogh Rasmussen]. I decided to keep up with him,” Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his on-line journal. Rogozin posts in Russian and English, […]

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Oct 12, 2009

Rasmussen: NATO must be Visible Across its Entire Territory

By the Estonian Ministry of Defence

From the Estonian Ministry of Defence: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Minister of Defence Jaak Aaviksoo, who met yesterday in Tallinn, declared that the main objective of NATO is and will continue to be collective defence based on Article V.At the meeting, Minister Aaviksoo stated that in the current security situation, it’s important […]

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Oct 12, 2009

Turkish FM criticizes Israel over Gaza

By CNN

From CNN: Turkey excluded Israel from a planned NATO military exercise, partly because of Ankara’s criticism of Israel’s Gaza offensive nearly a year ago, Turkey’s foreign minister told CNN Sunday in an exclusive interview. The Turkish government decided to change the list of participating countries and exclude Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces. As […]

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Oct 10, 2009

Defensive on Missile Defense

By the Atlantic Council

From the Atlantic Council: [T]he Obama team has struggled to counter criticism that its missile defense decision undermines its Czech and Polish allies and weakens Central Europe’s confidence in U.S. leadership. Critics say that the administration’s rollout of its policy and its poor consultations with allies left much to be desired. Even Under Secretary Tauscher […]

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Oct 9, 2009

Solana: The EU is a “Global Provider of Security”

By Zaman

From Zaman: 2009 is a landmark year for the European Union’s role in the world. It marks 10 years of European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), during which the EU became a global provider of security, making a real difference to people’s lives all over the world. At the same time, we are on the […]

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Oct 9, 2009

U.S. Senate Challenges President Obama With Missile Defense Vote

By Reuters

From Reuters: Riki Ellison, President and Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org/ has reviewed the missile defense vote in the Senate on Tuesday, October 6th, and concluded that the Senate wants to keep open the option for developing and potentially basing the ground-based interceptor in either Europe or the U.S… Last night, […]

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Oct 9, 2009

Russia not a threat to NATO: alliance chief

By AFP

From AFP: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday said that Russia was not a threat to the alliance, as he sought to reassure the ex-Soviet Baltic states which are jittery about their resurgent former master. In an interview with the Lithuanian daily Lietuvos Rytas, Rasmussen said he had received from Moscow “clear signals of its […]

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Oct 9, 2009

UN extends international security force as Afghan violence rises

By the United Nations

From the United Nations: The Security Council has called on Governments to strengthen the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in the face of increased threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other armed groups, unanimously extending the mission for another year… The resolution, passed yesterday evening by the Security Council, recognized “the […]

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Oct 9, 2009

NATO Secretary General goes to air policing base in Lithuania

By NATO

From NATO: The first port of call of the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Lithuania was the Zokniai/Siauliai Air Base. The base hosts a detachment of German fighter planes, provided for the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic States. The Secretary General met there with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and Defence Minister Rasa […]

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Oct 8, 2009

New Missile Plan Would Link Allies’ Radar, Other Systems

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency, defended that decision Wednesday, saying that the linking of U.S. and allied radar systems with satellites and other sensors would allow officials to follow the path of launched missiles throughout their flight. “This capability did not exist five years ago,” […]

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