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NATO Secretary General Cites Cooperation, Investment, At Ministerial

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012

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Closer defense cooperation is vital during a time of tighter budgets, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday as defense ministers wrapped up their two-day meeting in Brussels. “At a time when defense budgets are under pressure, we also need to cooperate more on defense planning, training and exercises,” Rasmussen said in a NATO statement. “This period of economic austerity poses a challenge to defense budgets but it also opens an opportunity for strength and cooperation and new ways…

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