Three former NATO leaders have asked the alliance to name the new headquarters in Brussels for Sen. John McCain, Defense News reported Thursday. McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona and a U.S.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has described the alliance’s stance on cyber defense as a “core task of collective defense” that could indicate potential joint response to cyberattacks on any member nation, GovInfoSecurity reported Friday.
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U.S. President Barack Obama will urge other NATO nations to raise their defense spending at the alliance’s conference that kicks off Thursday in Newport, Wales, National Journal reported Wednesday. George Condon Jr.
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The U.K. will propose to create a joint expeditionary force with six other European nations at a NATO conference scheduled for this week, Defense News reported Tuesday. Pierre Tran writes the move
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Afghanistan to sign a defense security agreement with the U.S. and NATO in order to avoid potential training mission setbacks beyond 2014, USA
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged the alliance’s member countries to boost defense spending amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported Thursday. Rasmussen also called for increased European defense investments
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Jens Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, has been appointed to succeed Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO secretary general starting Oct. 1. Rasmussen’s term will end on that date after five
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has urged NATO counterparts to invest in capabilities such as cybersecurity and special operations as well as reconsider their spending strategies amid tight budgets, Fedscoop reported Monday. Dan
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The first of four U.S. Navy ships destined for NATO’s ballistic missile defense fleet reached Spain on Tuesday. The USS Donald Cook, a naval destroyer that is equipped with the Aegis combat
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Secretary of State John Kerry and NATO officials have advised the Afghan government to sign a security deal meant to insure the presence of some U.S. troops in the country beyond 2014, Reuters reported
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