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 Ambassador Holbrooke Briefs NATO After
Afghanistan, Pakistan Visit
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke,
Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), briefed NATO Ambassadors in Brussels just hours after leaving
Afghanistan. His visit provided NATO delegations an up-to-date look at
the situation on the ground.
 New Secretary General Signals Priorities by Visiting Afghanistan During
His First Week
Nato's new Secretary-General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formally took up his duties on August 1.
 New Strategic Concept for NATO
In his first public address, Secretary General Rasmussen outlined his plans for the drafting of a new Strategic Concept, the document that lays the foundation for Alliance unity and purpose.
 Ten Countries Share the Heavy Load with New Strategic Airlift Capability
In order to ensure that all countries from the NATO Alliance and our partners have the necessary strategic airlift to effectively support NATO operations from Kosovo to Afghanistan, ten NATO nations and two partners formed the
Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Initiative to purchase three Boeing C-17 transport aircraft.
 NATO Training Mission-Iraq Celebrates 5th Anniversary
The
NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I), a mission which assists Iraq in creating its own armed forces, celebrated its fifth anniversary on August 5.
 New Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Named
French General Stéphane Abrial
will replace U.S. General James N. Mattis as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) on September 9 at a change of command ceremony at Headquarters Supreme Allied Command
Transformation in Norfolk, Viriginia, United States. |
Missile
Defense in Europe 09/17/09
Ambassador Daalder Speech at
Chatham House,
London 09/14/09
Ambassador Daalder Speech at the
Netherlands Atlantic Commission,
The Hague 09/03/09
NATO’s
60th Anniversary Summit 