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Barack Obama in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2013

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Sep 30, 2013

White House Welcomes UK Decision to Host NATO Summit

By White House

The United States welcomes the announcement by British Prime Minister Cameron, endorsed by NATO allies, that the United Kingdom will host the 2014 NATO Summit

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 18, 2013

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Sep 27, 2013

NATO Secretary General Welcomes United Kingdom Offer to Host 2014 Summit

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I warmly welcome the offer by the government of the United Kingdom to host the 2014 NATO Summit, which has been welcomed and accepted by Allies.

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The NATO Summit was last hosted in the UK in 1990 by Margaret Thatcher.

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Sep 27, 2013

Cameron Announces Britain will Host 2014 NATO Summit

By Office of the Prime Minister of the UK

The UK will host the 2014 NATO Summit.

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Enders Says Europe Foreign, Security Policies Grow Less Coherent

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Sep 26, 2013

EADS Head Says EU Lacks Clear Security Policy

By Daniel Michaels, Wall Street Journal

European policy on foreign affairs and security is less coherent now than at any point since the Cold War ended, widening a military gap with the U.S.

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Coldstream Guards

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Sep 25, 2013

Syria Shows Why Europe Needs to Flex More Muscle

By Gérard Errera, Financial Times

Europe has soft power through its ability to define rules and standards and to extend humanitarian and financial aid. It thinks the US can take the role of policeman of the world.

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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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Four U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles on their way to Arctic Challenge exercise

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Sep 20, 2013

Over Sixty Aircraft from NATO Members and Partners Training Together in Exercise Arctic Challenge

By USAF and NORDEFCO

From U.S. Air Force:  The first-ever Exercise Arctic Challenge, which includes more than 60 aircraft from five partner nations, here began Sept. 16.

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The EU has the biggest single market and its sanctions can have real bite

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Sep 17, 2013

Can Europe Play a Decisive Role in the Middle East?

By Charlemagne, Economist

The Arab world is where the EU should make its influence felt.

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Quadrilateral consultations between Britain and Poland, Sept. 19, 2012

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Sep 12, 2013

Britain and Poland: Europeans Need to Strengthen Their Defense Capabilities

By William Hague, Philip Hammond, Radoslaw Sikorski, and Tomasz Siemoniak

Europe is facing a number of complex and inter-connected challenges.

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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

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Sep 12, 2013

Germany is a Vegetarian in a World Full of Carnivores

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

While the US, Britain and France are agonising about intervention in Syria, there is no agonising in Germany. A large majority of the electorate wants to stay out of the conflict – and all of the big political parties agree.

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