Gates Calls European Mood a Danger to Peace

The New York Times February 23, 2010 WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has long called European contributions to NATO inadequate, said Tuesday that public and political opposition to the military had grown so great in Europe that it was directly affecting operations in Afghanistan and impeding the alliance’s broader security goals. more

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“New START” dead on arrival?

Foreign Policy February 23, 2010 As the Obama administration finishes up negotiations over the lynchpin of its strategy of hitting the “reset button” on U.S. relations with Russia, the “New START” nuclear arms reduction treaty, the big lingering question on everyone’s mind is: Will the Senate actually be able to ratify the deal? more

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