United States and Canada

Clinton: Gadhafi threats won’t deter NATO mission in Libya

By Bradley Klapper, the AP

The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts

By Donald Rumsfeld, the Wall Street Journal

From Donald Rumsfeld, the Wall Street Journal:  Today Leon Panetta will take the oath to become our nation’s 23rd secretary of defense.

Rogozin claims US-Russian missile defense talks at “dead end”

By DPA

Obama on Libya, Congress, and War Powers Resolution

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  We have done exactly what I said we would do.  We have not put any boots on the ground.

NATO After Libya: The Atlantic Alliance in Austere Times

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The mission in Libya has revealed three important truths about military intervention today.

French defense official echoes Gates’ warning to NATO

By the AP

From the AP:  A top French defense official is echoing U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ warning that NATO’s survival is at risk because of Europe’s military cutbacks.

Is Germany Turning Into the Strong, Silent Type?

By Marcus Walker, the Wall Street Journal

From Marcus Walker, the Wall Street Journal:  What is Germany’s place in the world?

Pawlenty: ‘Now is not the time to retreat’

By Marc Thiessen, the Washington Post

From Marc Thiessen, the Washington Post:  This morning, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty sought to claim the mantle of Ronald Reagan, delivering a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations that vigorously endorsed a freedom-centered foreign policy for the Republican Party.

Counterpoint: In Defense of NATO

By Stanley Sloan

From Stanley R. Sloan, the International Herald Tribune:  The American response to the Gates speech has been impressive, across the political spectrum. Everyone knows that the alliance is by no means a perfect arrangement.