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for nato it was a success. i believe we validated the strategic concept and the need for rapid response to our crisis. and it can be done. it can be done, and i think today i see many improvements as people go there. finally, we've made some new partnerships. from a military perspective, i think we need to continue to work on military cognizance. we need to link these together and be able to talk to each other as partners into an alliance. bautz because a lot of our national systems, because we have lots of stovepipes and we have to build new systems to bridge these points, and my point to the makers of these systems is i don't need translator boxes that will take various languages or various classifications, i need multiple language systems that i can jump back and forth while allowing them to have their own privacy and secrecy. i think we've learned that it's smaller bombs that we require. we need precision-guided ammunition with low collateral damage effects. we need to be able to link eef other and we need
for nato it was a success. i believe we validated the strategic concept and the need for rapid response to our crisis. and it can be done. it can be done, and i think today i see many improvements as people go there. finally, we've made some new partnerships. from a military perspective, i think we need to continue to work on military cognizance. we need to link these together and be able to talk to each other as partners into an alliance. bautz because a lot of our national systems, because we...
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he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his sons. the missile program of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises you know we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by a come back to school. today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward to the i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents. trucks carrying nuclear warheads lined up in a quiet glade the snowy forest provides good kemah flush for them together these mobile missile launches a cold and hydra goes in russian on the lingo they need to be ready for action at any moment. right drag. come on major section chief says all reporting unit is ready. studies fully. prepare the aggregate for. full haste. the intercontinental ballistic missile known as the s s twenty five tomato based over twenty one meters long it's almost two meters in diameter and w
he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his sons. the missile program of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises you know we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by a come back to school. today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward to the i do hope everything...
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in this case, nato is, as a place that offers that. outside nato, if not nato, then what? well, we've seen the coalition led by the u.s., where the u.s. has taken the lead, but i think the alliance offers you a different -- a different solution. it offers a solution where, as i said, we can share risk and share responsibilities more equally. i think secretary gates, and secretary panetta and indeed secretary clinton have both talked about being more inclusive and increasing everybody's participation, and burden sharing, improving an increasing burden sharing. but -- and to do that for 28 nations in nato, i think, international legitimacy is probably a requirement to bring those 28 nations together. it's either that or a sufficiently heinous act that will trigger 28 nations. and partners, to do that. so, legitimacy, nato, and how can you get nato to operate together? but i talked about also in partners, because then regional, regional balance, i think, or regional support is important. in a case of libya, we had three arab nations, sweden joined us, and we had, of course, t
in this case, nato is, as a place that offers that. outside nato, if not nato, then what? well, we've seen the coalition led by the u.s., where the u.s. has taken the lead, but i think the alliance offers you a different -- a different solution. it offers a solution where, as i said, we can share risk and share responsibilities more equally. i think secretary gates, and secretary panetta and indeed secretary clinton have both talked about being more inclusive and increasing everybody's...
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>> after september, i'm sure that will be a subject of discussion among nato ministers and heads of state and combat commanders, but i have nothing to add from here. and that will be in part how successful the transition is taking place over to afghan security forces. as you know. >>> as the president said in an interview, if i don't have this done in a few years, then there's going to be a one term proposition, assuming you don't think it's done, but does he regret having said that? >> you aptly point out that that statement was made three years ago and you ask in a month that the economy shed close to 700 or 800,000 jobs. in the process of shedding 8 million overall. at a time when the economy had shrunk. he had successfully through the policies he has pursued changed the direction that we were in when he took office. and while we are not phone and won't be done until every american who wants a job can find a job and until we have built a foundation for our economy to compete and win in the 21st century, there is no question and i talked about this basically the u shaped graph of unempl
>> after september, i'm sure that will be a subject of discussion among nato ministers and heads of state and combat commanders, but i have nothing to add from here. and that will be in part how successful the transition is taking place over to afghan security forces. as you know. >>> as the president said in an interview, if i don't have this done in a few years, then there's going to be a one term proposition, assuming you don't think it's done, but does he regret having said...
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he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his son. was there was a program of course my wife and i often talk about the future. yes we would like to see a bright future without crises. and. we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by combat. today we have. very difficult conditions for a thrust forward i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents. trucks carrying nuclear. going to quiet. the snowy forest provides good. together. according to the russian. they need to be ready for action at any moment. come on major. unit is. fully in. the aggregate for. full haste. the intercontinental ballistic missile the twenty five to. twenty one. it's almost two meters in diameter and weighs about forty five tons which. despite its impressive propulsion the russian missile still hits targets with absolute precision. is making sure that the missile launches always. moving military hard. this is a highly accu
he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his son. was there was a program of course my wife and i often talk about the future. yes we would like to see a bright future without crises. and. we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by combat. today we have. very difficult conditions for a thrust forward i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents....
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nato countries or in which to respect the deployment of them military installations to europe. new american military bases may soon be set up in kazakhstan. turkmenistan and tajikistan. once russia has been encircled by military bases a new geopolitical reality will emerge we need to take this reality into account already today but and take measures to control potential threats to our security. meanwhile the view that the missile defense shield is too expensive is getting increasing currency inside the united states itself it provides financial backing to the armed forces moreover the project is making millions of dollars from nato sub contractors in various countries. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine the us has spent fifty billion dollars and the price paid for the entire program that we are dealing with right now here in two thousand and eleven is another hundred and fifty billion dollars that's larger than many country's entire military budgets. some of the funding for the missile defense system in europe is being put to use in poland and north the sma
nato countries or in which to respect the deployment of them military installations to europe. new american military bases may soon be set up in kazakhstan. turkmenistan and tajikistan. once russia has been encircled by military bases a new geopolitical reality will emerge we need to take this reality into account already today but and take measures to control potential threats to our security. meanwhile the view that the missile defense shield is too expensive is getting increasing currency...
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-nato and nato forces beyond 2014 will be up to the -- you know, if forces might stay, it would be up to the afghan government and whether or not they invite no, sirs to stay. as was the case in iraq. and obviously, and i remember trying to clarify this within the context of iraq, when we ended our combat mission and were highly skilled combat forces who did when necessary participate in combat missions. but the lead is the is a designation that's important here in ferms of how much presence you have and how much engagement you have in combat. >> what's the status of the investigation into the fast and furious gun walking case, the administration's investigation of it. and what is the response to the growing republican calls for eric holder to resign or for the president to can him. >> i think the politicalization of this is pretty apparent. i would refer you to the department of justice for any of his testimony, but broadly speaking, including the illegal trafficking of guns to new mexico remains a priority of this administration, the attorney general also says he takes the allegatio
-nato and nato forces beyond 2014 will be up to the -- you know, if forces might stay, it would be up to the afghan government and whether or not they invite no, sirs to stay. as was the case in iraq. and obviously, and i remember trying to clarify this within the context of iraq, when we ended our combat mission and were highly skilled combat forces who did when necessary participate in combat missions. but the lead is the is a designation that's important here in ferms of how much presence...
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as in response to nato. the old warplanes will be scrapped by the u.s. troops who arrive here shortly they'll be bringing missiles with them. local residents have already been told that they won't be getting any compensation for having the new arsenal placed so close to their homes. and we're not overjoyed at the prospect of these weapons being deployed a few hundred metres from our homes. you've got the missiles will pose a threat to the local population of over one thousand people. elisabetta demand sca a schoolteacher came to reject a book from warsaw a long time ago she knows only too well what the villages think about the military installation. that means the most noise about it is most of the people even here are farmers. and of course there were very warm ups are hearing news of deployment for the time being though the basin we. waste. but even first graders in the village of rhetoric of a are aware of the military base. but the schoolchildren don't fully understand the threat so that teaches bring them up to date in the classroom. good morning yo
as in response to nato. the old warplanes will be scrapped by the u.s. troops who arrive here shortly they'll be bringing missiles with them. local residents have already been told that they won't be getting any compensation for having the new arsenal placed so close to their homes. and we're not overjoyed at the prospect of these weapons being deployed a few hundred metres from our homes. you've got the missiles will pose a threat to the local population of over one thousand people. elisabetta...
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opening nato membership to poland, hungary and the czech republic, and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms will require a change in nato's existing procedures. an attack on the territory of one member must, of course, continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on that of all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out of area activities. in deed it needs to be recognized that a wider role for nato can't be achieved if every member state has to participate in an out of area operation before it can go ahead. what is required are flexible arrangements, which to use a fashionable phrase, permit the fashionable phrase, permit the creation of coalitions of the willing. would nato expansion mark a new division of europe and give russia the right to intervene and stay outside the fold? not in the least. among other reasons, we could hold out the possibility of admitting those countries which subsequently demonstrate a commitment to demographic values and which have plagued military forces up to an acceptable standard. that would
opening nato membership to poland, hungary and the czech republic, and extending nato's role so that it is able to operate out of area. both reforms will require a change in nato's existing procedures. an attack on the territory of one member must, of course, continue to be regarded unambiguously as an attack on that of all. but that principle of universality need not apply to out of area activities. in deed it needs to be recognized that a wider role for nato can't be achieved if every member...
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the standoff between nato and russia. it makes. what kind of future. of course my wife and often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises. and. we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m.'s are accompanied by. very difficult conditions. without any incidents. trucks carrying. the forest provides good. together. they need to be ready for action at any moment. come on major section chief says all reporting unit is ready. studies fully. prepare the aggregate for. for haste. the intercontinental ballistic missile known as the s s twenty five tomato has been over twenty one meters long it's almost two meters in diameter and weighs about forty five tons of fuel. despite its impressive propulsion so the russian missile still gets time gets its absolute precision mage's on it's a joke is making sure that the missile launches always in working order moving military home. he's always fraught with danger. this is a highly accurate weapon is a range of up to ten thousand kilometers and l
the standoff between nato and russia. it makes. what kind of future. of course my wife and often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises. and. we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m.'s are accompanied by. very difficult conditions. without any incidents. trucks carrying. the forest provides good. together. they need to be ready for action at any moment. come on major section chief says all reporting unit is...
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nato is strong. nato came through this year well in terms of its ability to act in libya under clear direction. we have turned a bit of a corner from the difficulties over iraq. again, i don't want to go into that too deeply. i think this audience will be well aware that conflicts and questions over iraq and engagement in iraq have been not raised because the u.n. direction was clear. the arab league position was clear and the actions taken by the coalition forces were very precise. the truth is in a situation like this, there are three countries that can deliver. united states, france and great britain. they are the people with the air forces capable of defending civilian populations. the work they did together was terrific. so that's been a good year. it's essential we all maintain sufficient force to be able to do the job we need to do. that's a matter that the defense chiefs discussed between present, i don't envision a world without that american power. i think there is a book coming out later t
nato is strong. nato came through this year well in terms of its ability to act in libya under clear direction. we have turned a bit of a corner from the difficulties over iraq. again, i don't want to go into that too deeply. i think this audience will be well aware that conflicts and questions over iraq and engagement in iraq have been not raised because the u.n. direction was clear. the arab league position was clear and the actions taken by the coalition forces were very precise. the truth...
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, a nato organization. so the transfer of intelligence and information became an issue as well, and it's probably a critical point we need to talk about, is exchange of information skpand the need to share, not the need to know. we looked at this problem given the tasks we had, and we established the tnc as bengazi. we knew if it fell, it would be very difficult and the population was under severe danger. regime forces had orders to kill every male between 17 and 40 years old as soon as they got into bengazi. that is the threat that was faced by the tnc and its people. tripoli was identified as the center of gravity for regime forces because orders remained and emanated from tripoli. the power remained there. finally, from a nato gravity was the alliance itself, making sure all of us would stick together. we looked at the problem, and because of the difficulty in identifying who was whom, in fact, it became difficult for us to get involved in any closing battle. in fact, the strategy designed was to hit con
, a nato organization. so the transfer of intelligence and information became an issue as well, and it's probably a critical point we need to talk about, is exchange of information skpand the need to share, not the need to know. we looked at this problem given the tasks we had, and we established the tnc as bengazi. we knew if it fell, it would be very difficult and the population was under severe danger. regime forces had orders to kill every male between 17 and 40 years old as soon as they...
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nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops. more expert opinion on u.s. actions in afghanistan is on our web site at the moment dot com also there you can find out about america's massive defense costs the u.s. congress has approved eighty million dollars to build a new bunker busting super bomb with the order from the pentagon marked urgent. and the year of rebuilding is pulled japan from the rubble these pictures show the streets immediately after last year's earthquake and tsunami and what may look like today personal stories of survivors and more of these images for you but r.t. dot com. time now for some other international news in brief for you this hour israeli air strikes on the gaza strip and left one civilian dead and four others injured the man killed was a guard at the farm the israeli army confirmed the bombings say they were aimed at sites belonging to terror groups and were a response to a short range rocket attack from gaza. later supported the young saudi blogger who is wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist
nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops. more expert opinion on u.s. actions in afghanistan is on our web site at the moment dot com also there you can find out about america's massive defense costs the u.s. congress has approved eighty million dollars to build a new bunker busting super bomb with the order from the pentagon marked urgent. and the year of rebuilding is pulled japan from the rubble these pictures show the streets immediately after last year's...
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obviously we since mr obama has kind of dealt with the nato issue so that nato no then the west is no longer pushing pushing the former soviet union poor of russia in with nato expansion into its you know into its socks. i think you know basically putin has said we're on good terms right there's no big reason for for problems that can last very short question to mr similar to many people many ordinary people read this article said oh it's about the luxury tax there's going to be a special. there are you concerned with on us it is necessary because we have a country who came from the soviet union system and not. come to the new one we are in the middle and if you want to go in the wind somebody you have to see what the hell you are you make the invitation for what he said in the future in a new world all the rich people will be how it's a punish because they are not so good and you are simple people workers the collective farmers you will be together with me will give some hints of this people that is the it's a propaganda nothing else lot of it thank you thank you sean thank you lette
obviously we since mr obama has kind of dealt with the nato issue so that nato no then the west is no longer pushing pushing the former soviet union poor of russia in with nato expansion into its you know into its socks. i think you know basically putin has said we're on good terms right there's no big reason for for problems that can last very short question to mr similar to many people many ordinary people read this article said oh it's about the luxury tax there's going to be a special....
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with regard to nato, we'll be investing almost $200 million in the nato alliance ground surveillance system and $9.7 billion to develop and deploy missile defense capabilities that protect the u.s. homeland and strengthen regional missile defenses. fourthly, the united states must have the capability to fight more than one conflict at a time. this is essential. we are in the 21st century. 21st century combat is a lot different and we need to have the capabilities to deal with threats in the 21st century. that means we need to invest in space, in cyberspace. in long-range precision strike and the continued growth of special operations forces. to ensure that we can still conto front and defeat multiple adversaries even with the force structure reductions that we outlined. even with some of the adjustments to force structure this budget sustains a military that we believe is the strongest and will remain the strongest in the world. we'll have an army of more than 1 million active and reserve soldiers. 18 divisions, 65 brigade combat teams. 21 combat aviation brigades. a navy battle forc
with regard to nato, we'll be investing almost $200 million in the nato alliance ground surveillance system and $9.7 billion to develop and deploy missile defense capabilities that protect the u.s. homeland and strengthen regional missile defenses. fourthly, the united states must have the capability to fight more than one conflict at a time. this is essential. we are in the 21st century. 21st century combat is a lot different and we need to have the capabilities to deal with threats in the...
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and nato troops and a more expert opinion on u.s. actions in afghanistan on our website for you at r.t. dot com they can also find out about america's massive defense costs for example by the u.s. congress has approved eighty million dollars to build a new bunker busting soup of bomb with the order from the pentagon and marked quote urgent. brussels firemen pour cold water on plans to raise their retirement age as they saw a policeman in front of the prime minister's office check that out of the dog. the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents and evidence of war crimes to wiki leaks has been nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put forward by a peace research center in the u.s. and an icelandic parliamentary group twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. san faces life in prison activist clark a stately believes manning that would be much worthier recipient of the prize than the current u.s. president. what he's accused of. video has led to the end of the iraq war has led to
and nato troops and a more expert opinion on u.s. actions in afghanistan on our website for you at r.t. dot com they can also find out about america's massive defense costs for example by the u.s. congress has approved eighty million dollars to build a new bunker busting soup of bomb with the order from the pentagon and marked quote urgent. brussels firemen pour cold water on plans to raise their retirement age as they saw a policeman in front of the prime minister's office check that out of...
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nato officials are trying to do damage control. the top general in the country says it was a mistake. he's ordered an investigation and is offering an apology. >> i promise you this was not intentional in any way. reporter: an afghan official says local workers on the base saw what was going on and recovered the burning books. the incident has angered afghans who already think foreign troops are not respectful of their religion. this man says they are the enemy of our soil, our honor and our koran. u.s. helicopters fired flares to try to break up the crowd, but after a decade of war, protesters are fed up. they threw stones and demanded that troops leave their country if they can't bring peace. rita nissan for cbs news. >>> let's turn our attention now to the republican presidential race. the candidates are preparing for primaries in arizona and michigan. those elections are exactly one week away. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is leading in the polls and lately he's been focusing his attacks on president obama rather th
nato officials are trying to do damage control. the top general in the country says it was a mistake. he's ordered an investigation and is offering an apology. >> i promise you this was not intentional in any way. reporter: an afghan official says local workers on the base saw what was going on and recovered the burning books. the incident has angered afghans who already think foreign troops are not respectful of their religion. this man says they are the enemy of our soil, our honor and...
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outraae is spreading ooer the burning of copies of the quran at a nato base in afghanistannangry -- and at times -- violent rotests have beee raging in the country since tuesday, despitt repeated apologiis from nato and the u-ssmilitary."this was unintentional. there was no intention, by any member of isaf to defame the faith of islam or to deeecrate the precious religious materials pf this faith.""resident obama issued an apology to afghhn president hamii karzai yesterdayyit came as two american troops were killed by a man wearrng an afghhn national army uniform. candidate newt gingrich wasted no time criticizing the president for issuing an nothing that radical islamists can do to get barack obama's attention in a neeative way and he is consistently apologizing to people who do not deserve the apology of the president of the united states, period."the state &pdepartment says it afghan government tt hold those troopp involved accountable. reporting. a defense official says the troops did not intend to offend the muslim community bb burning copies of the quran... but he says the religio
outraae is spreading ooer the burning of copies of the quran at a nato base in afghanistannangry -- and at times -- violent rotests have beee raging in the country since tuesday, despitt repeated apologiis from nato and the u-ssmilitary."this was unintentional. there was no intention, by any member of isaf to defame the faith of islam or to deeecrate the precious religious materials pf this faith.""resident obama issued an apology to afghhn president hamii karzai yesterdayyit...
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. >>> they held up and partially burned copies of the koran, blaming nato troops were throwing the books away. >> i promise you that this was not intentional in any way. >> afghan is working on the base pulled to burning books from the flames. apparently the volumes were taken out of the jail library. >> us helicopters to fire through the crowd, but they cannot bring piece. >> nato troops plan to stay in afghanistan until 2014. >> amassed on wall street as the dow hits the magic 13,000 level. investors drove the dow jones industrial and the first time for the financial crisis in may 2008. but, they did finish up 15 points closing at 966. they gained about the point and the nasdaq dropped three. >> mardi gras is here and more than 1 million people are in mardi gras. here's the look at bourbon street. the big easy it is definitely the place to be tonight. and if you can't make it to new orleans, you can go right to baltimore where some people are wearing very comfortable mass -- colorful masks. the party officially wraps up in less than an hour when life begins at midnight so enjoy it whil
. >>> they held up and partially burned copies of the koran, blaming nato troops were throwing the books away. >> i promise you that this was not intentional in any way. >> afghan is working on the base pulled to burning books from the flames. apparently the volumes were taken out of the jail library. >> us helicopters to fire through the crowd, but they cannot bring piece. >> nato troops plan to stay in afghanistan until 2014. >> amassed on wall street as...
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well that's it's it's an interesting point and it's a weird kind of mathematics that the nato forces are using with this and as you mentioned some experts who study this the use of nigerians have seen that as the increase the support among afghan civilians for the nato mission decreases so the more you need use night raids the less this million population is on your side but when i was last there in afghanistan a few months ago u.s. officials were telling me that despite this night raids were still considered the most effective and one of the safest methods for targeting specific insurgents and they cited their own statistics to say that they more often captured a person they were looking for then chilled or injured any civilians accidentally so even though it plays out in the media that we were seeing it today and now. the u.s. military and nato still think it's a good idea so they have not gotten to the point where they're willing to really examine it yet and possibly with that from until after now unfortunately this isn't the only policy that has some questionable consequences i w
well that's it's it's an interesting point and it's a weird kind of mathematics that the nato forces are using with this and as you mentioned some experts who study this the use of nigerians have seen that as the increase the support among afghan civilians for the nato mission decreases so the more you need use night raids the less this million population is on your side but when i was last there in afghanistan a few months ago u.s. officials were telling me that despite this night raids were...
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nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops. time to update you now on more news in brief from around the world it's eleven minutes since i've been killed and over a dozen wounded in pakistan after local security forces fired artillery shells at their suspected hideouts the crackdown took place in the tribal region where dozens of died in fighting between soldiers and insurgents over the last few weeks pakistan's military has been conducting anti terror operations including since the beginning of the year. a plan strike by police in rio de janeiro of a low pay could jeopardize next week's notorious annual carnival spot and agreed pay rise of thirty nine percent over the next two years loren forces are demanding double similar industrial action in the city of solved also the murder rate double with one hundred twenty killed during a nine day police strike thousands of soldiers may be deployed in brazil's capital to provide security. and we central bank is literally burning money to help keep people warm in europe's deadly cold sn
nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops. time to update you now on more news in brief from around the world it's eleven minutes since i've been killed and over a dozen wounded in pakistan after local security forces fired artillery shells at their suspected hideouts the crackdown took place in the tribal region where dozens of died in fighting between soldiers and insurgents over the last few weeks pakistan's military has been conducting anti terror operations...
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and nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. troops so really that is the primary form of military pressure they have on u.s. and nato forces they're not going to give it up and that has grown because the war itself has grown as u.s. and nato troops have increased in the country well be obgyn government be able to control the country after a u.s. combat troops withdraw may be earlier than expected. well one of the indicators that the the afghan government is not going to be able to maintain control through its own security forces the afghan army and afghan national police is a report that has been published here in the united states by a lieutenant colonel in the u.s. army who has come back from afghanistan after. an eighteen month tour and who says based on his own personal experience traveling all over afghanistan where u.s. and nato forces are are stationed that he has found over and over again that the afghan security forces have been unable in usual cases unwilling to carry out operations effectively against the taliban and
and nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. troops so really that is the primary form of military pressure they have on u.s. and nato forces they're not going to give it up and that has grown because the war itself has grown as u.s. and nato troops have increased in the country well be obgyn government be able to control the country after a u.s. combat troops withdraw may be earlier than expected. well one of the indicators that the the afghan government is not going to be able to...
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nato is now 28 members. i remember as a kid it was 12 and 16, now it's 28. i had the privilege and opportunity to share the nato high-level group while i was in government, which is the group that oversee snait weaponato we policy. i met in brussels with every member of nato, except for french who do not participate in the high-level group. 27 out of 28. with the french we met privately. as can you imagine, with any group of 28, this had tremendous originality. if you're in poland on the edge of the russian border with the history you've had with russia, have you one view about the need for these systems. if you're in spain on the beach, you have a different view. it's not easy to come to a kind on what to do. but overall there was very strong support among the nato members to go forward with what the u.s. proposed. they thought it was important to reassure the public and officials that the u.s. would be there especially at a time when president obama is advocating reduction of nuclear weapons, the nuclear guarantee has been the cornerstone of the nato allia
nato is now 28 members. i remember as a kid it was 12 and 16, now it's 28. i had the privilege and opportunity to share the nato high-level group while i was in government, which is the group that oversee snait weaponato we policy. i met in brussels with every member of nato, except for french who do not participate in the high-level group. 27 out of 28. with the french we met privately. as can you imagine, with any group of 28, this had tremendous originality. if you're in poland on the edge...