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NATO Pledges To Improve Defense Capabilities

Julie Samuel

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

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President Barack Obama said on May 31 he has made “real progress” in talks with NATO about compelling the 28-nation alliance to invest more in military capabilities. Obama told reporters he discussed “the importance of continuing to improve NATO defense capabilities in a new world with new threats,” during a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. With Rasmussen at his side at the White House, Obama said the Danish politician “has taken the lead talking with all…

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