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Sep 30, 2010

NATO Military Committee visits KFOR

By NATO's International Military Staff

From NATO’s International Military Staff:  NATO’s Military Committee (MC) visited KFOR on 28 September, where it was welcomed by Major General Erhard Bühler, Commander of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) and by Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Joint Force Commander Naples (JFCN).

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Sep 30, 2010

The White House’s Afghanistan defeatism

By Jackson Diehl, the Washington Post

From Jackson Diehl, the Washington Post:  One of the most remarkable aspects of Bob Woodward’s new book, "Obama’s Wars," is its portrait of a White House that has all but resigned itself to failure in Afghanistan.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 30, 2010

Afghanistan: In It To Win It?

By Kurt Volker

When Gen. David Petraeus assumed command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he delivered exactly the right message: “We are in this to win.” Surely, that message was welcomed by Afghan women who fear subjugation; by parents who fear seeing their daughters sprayed with acid for attending school; by decent people trying to […]

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Sep 30, 2010

Gates Fears Wider Gap Between Country and Military

By Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York Times

From Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York Times:  The United States is at risk of developing a cadre of military leaders who are cut off politically, culturally and geographically from the population they are sworn to protect, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told an audience at Duke University on Wednesday night.

United States and Canada

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Sep 30, 2010

Liam Fox’s letter opposing defense cuts

By Liam Fox, the Telegraph

From Liam Fox, the Telegraph:  Frankly this process is looking less and less defensible as a proper SDSR (Strategic Defence and Strategy Review) and more like a “super CSR” (Comprehensive Spending Review).

United Kingdom

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Sep 30, 2010

Official: Germans, Brits behind Europe terror plot

By Asif Shahzad and Paisley Dodds, the AP

From Asif Shahzad and Paisley Dodds, the AP:  Eight Germans and two British brothers are at the heart of an al-Qaida-linked terror plot against European cities

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Sep 29, 2010

New Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) Appointed

By the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

From the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps:  It was confirmed today, 29 September 2010, that the Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Shirreff KCB, CBE (Late King’s Royal Hussars) is appointed to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR)

United Kingdom

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Sep 29, 2010

European statesmen tell NATO to cut tactical nuclear weapons

By the European Leadership Network

From the European Leadership Network:  [It] is our firm view that at the Lisbon summit on 19 to 20 November 2010 NATO Leaders should include text in the new strategic concept that states the following:

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2010

Averting Catastrophe in South Asia

By Harlan Ullman

We can joke that the United States and Great Britain are two nations divided by a common language. But the gap between the United States and Pakistan is neither humorous nor easily reconciled. Only a fundamental improvement in mutual understanding can rectify the enormous misunderstandings and misperceptions on both sides that threaten this crucial relationship […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2010

Prime Minister Erdogan Calls for Regional Cooperation and Integration

By Ross Wilson and Michelle M. Smith

In a keynote address on September 29 before the Atlantic Council’s second annual Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke to an audience of 250 government and business leaders.

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