Transatlantic Focus
A U.S. Public Affairs Newsletter

Left to right: General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, with General Stanley A. McChrystal, Commander ISAF (Photo: NATO) Allies and Partners Adopt New Afghan Approach
Protect the Afghan people. Build Afghan security capacity. Facilitate governance and development. Forty-four foreign ministers of contributing forces met to decide these were the priorities for the way forward in Afghanistan.

Hundreds of Herat Police Graduate
As Allies call for greater Afghan capacity to secure the country, NATO training missions are actively engaged in this very objective.

Clinton Addresses Corruption at Karzai Inauguration
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai November 19 in Kabul for the renewed commitment he expressed in his second-term inaugural address to end government corruption and set the stage to decrease the international military footprint in Afghanistan.

December 2009 Foreign Ministerial -- Capsule
NATO Foreign Ministers made landmark decisions on ISAF troop levels in Afghanistan, missile defense planning, and NATO-Russia relations during the NATO foreign ministers meetings at NATO Headquarters December 3 and 4.

NATO and Russia Move Partnership Forward
Pushing forward on cooperation agreements, foreign ministers from the 28 NATO Allies and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a formal session of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) December 4.

President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during the expanded delegation meeting in the Oval Office of the White House (photo: Pete Souza) Second Seminar on NATO's Strategic Concept: NATO’s Engagement in an Era of Globalization
The Group of Experts on NATO’s new Strategic Concept held their second key seminar with leading civilian and military experts in Brdo, Slovenia, on November 13.

President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during the expanded delegation meeting in the Oval Office of the White House (photo: Pete Souza) Ambassadors Who Bus: USNATO and the Greening Diplomacy Initiative
In the spirit of good stewardship and good fun, USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder recently invited Ambassadors from all 28 NATO Member Countries to save fuel by getting on the bus.

Transatlantic Security
News & Events

London Conference on Afghanistan -- January 28, 2010

• 1/29/10 Outcomes from Afghanistan: The London Conference

• 1/29/10 NATO Secretary General welcomes results of London Conference

• 1/28/10 Remarks by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the London Conference

• 1/28/10 Remarks by Secretary Clinton at the International Conference on Afghanistan

• 1/28/10 UN Secretary General Ban’s Remarks at the London Conference

• 1/28/10 Afghan President Karzai’s Remarks at the London Conference

• 1/28/10 Live streaming video of London Conference

• 1/27/10 NATO Secretary General Statement on Progress Before London Conference

• 1/26/10 NATO announces new Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan

• 1/25/10 London Conference to Discuss Rehabilitation of Taliban Fighters

• 1/25/10 Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke remarks at German media event, Washington, DC

• 1/24/10 Statement: Secretary Clinton to travel to London and Paris

• 1/26/10 NATO has picked Mark Sedwill, the U.K.'s Ambassador in Kabul, to be the next NATO civilian representative in Afghanistan

• 1/21/10 The Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy

• 12/14/09 Secretary Clinton Remarks With Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos

• 11/6/09 Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon: Current U.S. - European Relations

• 10/20/09 Statement by President Obama on Afghan Elections

• 10/20/09 Statement by Secretary Clinton on Afghan Elections

• 10/20/09 Statement by Senator Kerry on Afghan Elections

• 10/13/09 Remarks by President Obama with Spanish President Zapatero

• 10/13/09 Remarks by Secretary Clinton with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

• 10/6/09 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi After Their Meeting

• 10/5/09 Secretaries Clinton and Gates: Remarks at George Washington University: “American Power and Persuasion” with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Frank Sesno

• 9/20/09 Hillary Rodham Clinton: “The new system offers a real missile defence”

• 9/19/09 Secretary Robert M. Gates: “A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe”

• 9/17/09 Remarks by the President on Strengthening Missile Defense in Europe

• 9/17/09 Fact Sheet U.S. Missile Defense Policy A Phased, Adaptive Approach for Missile Defense in Europe

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U.S. Policy
Statements, Speeches, and Interviews

2/3/10 Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the Global Zero Summit - Read more

2/2/10 Ambassador Daalder discusses his trip to Afghanistan on DipNote, the official blog of the State Department - Read more

1/29/10 Secretary Clinton: Remarks on the Future of European Security. Read the transcript

01/27/10: Remarks by President Obama in the 2010 State of the Union Address. Read the transcript

01/22/10: In a press roundtable with German journalists, Ambassador Daalder outlined the four most important policy issues facing NATO as it moves toward its November 2010 summit in Lisbon. Watch the video - See the photos
Remarks by NATO Ambassador Ivo H. Daalder Vilnius, 01/15/2010
"NATO Partnerships", Vilnius

Remarks of President Barack Obama 12/10/09
A Just and Lasting Peace - Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway

Statement by National Security Council Spokesman Mike Hammer 12/04/09 NATO’s decision to increase troop and training contributions to Afghanistan in 2010

Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan 12/01/09 Watch the video | Read the transcript

U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Michèle Flournoy, in Brussels, Belgium 11/5/09
Watch the video

Ambassador Daalder Speech at Slovak Atlantic Commission International Security Conference
Bratislava 10/22/09
New Nuclear Disarmament Proposals: Implications for NATO and the Transatlantic Relations
Speech by Ambassador Alexander R. Vershbow, Bratislava, Oct. 22, 2009
Crafting the new Strategic Concept: Ambitions, Resources, and Partnerships for a 21st Century Alliance”
President Obama Speech at the UN 9/24/09
Remarks on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament

Missile Defense in Europe 09/17/09
Remarks by the President on Strengthening Missile Defense in Europe - Fact Sheet

Ambassador Daalder Speech at Chatham House, London 09/14/09
NATO in a New Era of Engagement

Ambassador Daalder Speech at the Netherlands Atlantic Commission, The Hague 09/03/09
NATO in Afghanistan: A New Approach to Operations

NATO’s 60th Anniversary Summit
Summary of Summit Meeting and Key Documents