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Oct 31, 2011

Hillary’s War: Clinton credited with key role in success of NATO airstrikes, Libyan rebels

By Joby Warrick, the Washington Post

From Joby Warrick, the Washington Post:   At 5:45 p.m. on March 19, three hours before the official start of the air campaign over Libya, four French Rafale jet fighters streaked across the Mediterranean coastline to attack a column of tanks heading toward the rebel city of Benghazi.

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New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2011

Italian Given Worst Job in Europe

By Ben Carliner

The Onion famously announced the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency in 2008 with the headline: Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job. The Onion noted that the position “comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it.”

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NATOSource

Oct 31, 2011

Secretary General visits Tripoli on final day of NATO’s operation in Libya

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO’s top official on Monday praised the alliance’s 7-month sea and air campaign in Libya — a key in ousting longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi — saying the mission’s end Monday marks the close of a “successful chapter in NATO’s history.”

New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2011

Israel: A True Ally in the Middle East

By Robert D. Blackwill and Walter B. Slocombe

American leaders have traditionally explained the foundations of the U.S.-Israel relationship by citing shared democratic values and the moral responsibility America bears to protect the small nation-state of the Jewish people. Although accurate and essential, this characterization is incomplete because it fails to capture a third, crucial aspect: the many ways in which Israel advances […]

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New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2011

NTM-A and the Afghan National Security Force: Two Year Review

By William B. Caldwell IV

For two years, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) has partnered with the Government of Afghanistan to develop the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF). NATO leadership had the vision in 2009 to establish NTM-A to assume lead for the development of the ANSF. When they did so in November 2009 they provided it with the right strategy, […]

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NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

NATO’s Success in Libya

By Ivo H. Daalder and James G. Stavridis, the International Herald Tribune

From Ivo H. Daalder and James G. Stavridis, the International Herald Tribune:  Monday, Oct. 31st, seven months after it started, NATO’s operation in Libya will come to an end.

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NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Obama administration has proposed a new security alliance with 6 Arab nations

By Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times

From Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, the New York Times:  With an eye on the threat of a belligerent Iran, the administration is also seeking to expand military ties with the six nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

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NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Britain and France should not give up on EU defence co-operation

By Clara Marina O’Donnell, the Center for European Reform

From Clara Marina O’Donnell, the Center for European Reform:  Britain and France must work with Poland to refocus the EU debate on military capabilities. Britain should adopt a more constructive stance towards operational headquarters and agree to explore the matter so long as other EU countries improve their armed forces beforehand. Instead of asking EU […]

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NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Fidel Castro calls NATO “brutal” for Libya role

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro denounced NATO on Monday for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying the "brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known." Castro, 85, also expressed indignation at the killing of Gaddafi last week and the […]

NATOSource

Oct 30, 2011

Syria’s Assad warns Western powers

By Reuters

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