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29/11/2009 | 0 comments

I just completed an excellent visit to Canada, our neighbor and NATO partner just north of the United States. As every U.S. citizens learns in elementary school, we sit side-by-side along the longest undefended border in the world, completely at peace with good friends who live in a land of remarkable beauty and culture.

11/11/2009 | 2 comments

One of you recently asked me on EUCOM Blog two incredibly important questions: what am I doing to get more NATO countries into the fight in Afghanistan, and what am I doing to engage Russia? First, let us clearly understand that EVERY nation in NATO is "in the fight” in Afghanistan. This is a committed alliance.

09/11/2009 | 1 comments

I attended an extraordinary dinner last night. In a small wood-paneled ballroom at the glittering Adlon Hotel of Berlin, a parade of speakers celebrated what is called in German "dieMauerfall” — "the fall of the wall.”

06/11/2009 | 0 comments

I've just returned from Bratislava, Slovakia where the NATO Fall ‘09 Defense Ministerial was held, followed by an official visit to Slovakian senior defense leaders. The Defense Ministerial is a chance for all 28 of the NATO Defense leaders (Ministers and Secretaries of Defense) to gather in a plenary session for a couple of days and discuss key issues.