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May 26, 2014

Transcript: Missile Defense Agency: A Retrospective

Moderator: Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council   Panelists: Ronald T. Kadish, Executive Vice President, Defense Group, Booz Allen Hamilton Henry A. Obering, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Patrick O’Reilly, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council

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Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Facility in Romania

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Apr 9, 2014

US May Accelerate Deployment of Missile Defense System in Poland

By David Larter, Defense News

The military could speed up deployment of a land-based missile defense shield in Europe to hem in a resurgent Russia, the Navy 3-star in charge of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in early April.

Central Europe Europe & Eurasia
US missile defense test, Sept. 10, 2013

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Mar 18, 2014

Report: Delays in Missile Defense for Poland, Romania

By Rachel Oswald, Defense One

The Defense Department presently intends to declare the second and third phases of the European Phased Adaptive Approach “technically capable” in 2015 and 2018.

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UK Foreign Minister William Hague, Sept. 8, 2011

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Mar 10, 2014

UK Foreign Minister: NATO Members Should Increase Defense Spending in Response to Ukraine Crisis

By James Kirkup, Telegraph

William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, has said that Russian aggression in Crimea should force Nato to rethink its defence cuts.

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USS Donald Cook arrives in Rota, Spain, February 11, 2014

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Feb 11, 2014

NATO’s New Frontier

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate

An American ship sailing into a Spanish naval base this week is making history.

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USS Donald Cook

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Feb 10, 2014

The Next Chapter in European Presence and Partnerships

By Bruce W. Clingan, US Navy

USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) is heading east, on a course that will make the ship the first of four destroyers to be forward deployed in the Naval Forces Europe operating area.

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In the News

Feb 5, 2014

O’Reilly Quoted on NATO Missile Defense

By Patrick O'Reilly

InsideDefense.com’s “Inside the Pentagon” quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and former Missile Defense Agency Director Patrick O’Reilly on NATO’s missile defense network:

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, February 1, 2014

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Feb 3, 2014

NATO Secretary General Concerned About Russian Plans to Deploy Offensive Weapon Systems

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I am convinced that the vision that we agreed in 2010 in Lisbon remains the right one: a true strategic partnership between NATO and Russia. But I am concerned that in key areas, we remain too far apart.

Belarus Europe & Eurasia
Harpoon missile launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook, April 29, 2009

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Feb 3, 2014

Russia Threatens to Quit START as US Deploys Aegis Destroyer to Spain

By RT

The US has deployed a ballistic missile defense destroyer to Spain to boost NATO’s anti-missile shield in Europe. The move, allegedly aimed at curbing the Iranian threat, has sparked talks about Russia possibly scrapping the START nuclear treaty.

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70th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad

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Jan 30, 2014

US Intelligence Community’s Threat Assessment of Russia

By Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The following excerpt is from the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2014.

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