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Chairman of the Military Committee Knuds Bartels, June, 19, 2012

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Sep 24, 2013

Head of NATO Military Committee Visits Iceland

By NATO

On a two-day visit to Iceland, General Knud Bartels, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, highlighted Iceland’s commitment to supporting NATO Air Surveillance missions and recognized its important role in promoting coast guard cooperation in the Arctic.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, June 4, 2013

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Sep 24, 2013

Head of NATO Condemns Nairobi Terrorist Attack

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, which killed and injured so many people, including citizens of NATO nations.

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Royal Marines Commando in Training

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Sep 23, 2013

Britain Considering Keeping 400 Troops in Afghanistan after 2014

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

The proposal is the first official acknowledgment that Britain could keep forces in the province where nearly 450 troops have died in seven years of fighting.

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Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, Dec. 13, 2012

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Sep 23, 2013

The Dutch Cut NATO!

By Julian Lindley-French

Last week in a “Defence Note” carefully buried in an announcement on the wider national budget the Netherlands cut some €370m (c$400m) from an already straitened defence budget.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the UN, Sept. 19, 2011

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Sep 23, 2013

Five Years of Strengthened Cooperation Between NATO and the United Nations

By NATO

This week the focus is on New York as world leaders, including NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, gather for the annual plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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The NATO-Russia Council discussed Syria on Sept. 17, 2013

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Sep 20, 2013

Russian Ambassador: Some NATO Countries Ready to Assist Eliminating Chemical Weapons in Syria

By Alexander Grushko, Russian Embassy to the UK

Excerpt from ITAR-TASS interview with Alexander Grushko, Russia’s Permanent Representative to NATO.

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Missile Defense Test, May 16, 2013

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Sep 19, 2013

Aegis Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepted Target Warhead

By Department of Defense

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test today [9/18/13] of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system

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Swearing-in Ceremony for Victoria Nuland, Sept. 18, 2013

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Sep 19, 2013

Top US Diplomat for Europe Calls for a “Transatlantic Renaissance”

By John Kerry and Victoria Nuland, Department of State

Secretary of State John Kerry: [I]n Brussels, Toria helped guide NATO through a very critical and uncertain time when Article 5 was invoked in September of 2001

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sep. 19, 2013

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Sep 19, 2013

Secretary General Examines NATO’s Need for Capabilities, Burden Sharing, and Partnerships

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

We live in a world in transition. And transition often leads to turmoil and turbulence.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Feb. 22, 2013

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Sep 19, 2013

NATO Secretary General Condemns Slaying of EULEX Staff Member in Kosovo

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the attack on a EULEX convoy which led to the death of one Lithuanian staff member of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. Such violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

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