Time to reverse defence spending cuts, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg – Video


Time to reverse defence spending cuts, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg
From one Scandinavian to another, Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg took over the helm at NATO from Dane Anders Fogh Rasmussen on October 1st. A former prime minister of Norway and a one-time peace...

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NATO Secretary General thanks Allied pilots and crews during visit to ask airbase, 06 OCT 2014 – Video


NATO Secretary General thanks Allied pilots and crews during visit to ask airbase, 06 OCT 2014
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked air force personnel from Poland and many other Allied countries on Monday (06 October 2014) for their service and for protecting the airspace...

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Belgium: Ukraine will become a member of NATO, says NATO’s Rasmussen – Video


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The prime minister of Ukraine said he will ask parliament to put the country on a course to join NATO. Kyiv accuses Moscow of bringing troops into the countr. World News USA News America...

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NATO military committee officials meet in Norfolk

By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press October 7, 2014

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Members of NATO's military committee began meeting in Virginia on Tuesday to get an update from the alliance's only command in North America and discuss the creation of a quick-reaction force in Europe.

Officials from the military committee are visiting NATO's Allied Command Transformation through Wednesday.

The Norfolk-based command serves as a type of think tank for the alliance and looks for ways to address current and emerging threats impacting the 28-nation alliance. The committee's visit to the command occurs once a year. While the discussions are classified, NATO officials said they would focus on developments from a recent NATO summit in Wales, an initiative that calls for interoperable forces as well as the planned quick-reaction force that's intended to counter Russian aggression in eastern Europe.

"We must make sure that all the nations are aligned with those projects and this is a unique occasion we have to do that in a very open, very frank manner," said French Air Force General Jean Paul-Palomeros, NATO ACT's supreme commander.

Details of the quick-reaction force will be worked out in February at a NATO ministerial meeting, but it is expected to consist of 4,000 to 5,000 troops. Among other things, NATO officials are still working out where those troops will be located.

The military committee is made up of senior military officers from each NATO member and is the primary source of military advice to NATO's civilian decision-making bodies - the North Atlantic Council and the Nuclear Planning Group.

Along with the spearhead force, the Readiness Action Plan approved by President Barack Obama and leaders of the 27 other allied nations includes stepped-up intelligence sharing, an upgrade of defense plans and more military exercises on short notice.

"This is an important event for the military committee because it ensures that the decisions taken by the heads of states and government taken at the Wales summit last month are properly operationalized and we stay focused on our work," said Danish Army General Knud Bartels, chairman of the military committee, at a news conference at Allied Command Transformation headquarters.

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NATO Reassures Eastern Europe: Stoltenberg says alliance can deploy troops ‘wherever it wants’ – Video


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NATO has refused to station permanent troops to Poland and the Baltics but has agreed to set up a so-called rapid reaction force that it says can be quickly deployed to Eastern Europe in case...

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