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President Barack Obama, June 3, 2014

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Goes Out of His Way to Exclude Military Response to Russian Aggression in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

I’ve been very clear that it would not be effective for us to engage in a military conflict with Russia on this issue, but what we can do is to continue to support Ukraine’s ability to control its own territory.

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President Barack Obama, Nov. 16, 2009

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Points to Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

We are deeply concerned about the latest break in the cease-fire and the aggression that these separatists — with Russian backing, Russian equipment, Russian financing, Russian training and Russian troops — are conducting.

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JCS Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and German Chief of Defense Gen. Volker Wieker, Jan. 21, 2015

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Jan 23, 2015

NATO Military Leaders See Need to Address Multiple Threats

By Lisa Ferdinando, DoD News

NATO is focused on strategies to deal with its two biggest threats — Russian aggression to its east, and the threat of terrorism from its south, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.

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Jan 23, 2015

Quantity of Cyber Attacks Expected to Grow Exponentially in 2015

By David Gelles, New York Times

“The number of security incidents this year will be exponentially greater than last year,” said John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco, the big Silicon Valley technology company.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, Sept. 12, 2014

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Jan 22, 2015

Threat of New Russian Incursion as Violence Flares in Ukraine

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

There are signs Russian forces are building up their presence in eastern Ukraine, where fighting in recent days between Ukrainian troops and separatists has intensified, NATO Supreme Allied Command Gen. Philip Breedlove said Thursday.

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Colonel Aivar Jaeski

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Jan 22, 2015

NATO Colonel Sheds Light on Russia ‘Psy-Ops’

By Valentina Pop, euobserver

[Aivar] Jaeski [Deputy Director of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia], who also oversaw Nato information operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, described Moscow’s campaign as “a psy-op”

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President Barack Obama, Jan. 25, 2011

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Jan 21, 2015

Transatlantic Priorities in Obama’s State of the Union Address

By White House

My first duty as commander in chief is to defend the United States of America.

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Paratroopers training in Northumberland, Dec. 2, 2014

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Jan 20, 2015

UK Considering Shrinking Army to 60,000, Says Former Minister

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

Ministry of Defence officials are examining cutting the British Army to just 60,000 soldiers, a former coalition defence minister has claimed.

NATO Security & Defense
Canadian soldiers returning fire in Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2007

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Jan 20, 2015

Canadian Special Forces Are First Western Troops in Ground Battle with ISIL

By AFP

Canadian special forces exchanged gunfire with Islamic State fighters in Iraq in recent days, in the first confirmed ground battle between Western troops and IS, a senior officer said Monday.

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Gen. Martin Dempsey, Jan. 6, 2012

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Jan 20, 2015

Dempsey: Terrorism and Russian Aggression Threaten European Security

By Lisa Ferdinando, DoD News

Terrorism and Russian aggression are two “very distinct threats” to European security, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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