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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at NATO Headquarters in 2008. Department of Defense Photo by Cherie Cullen Allied Defense Ministers to Meet in Brussels
On June 11-12, Secretary Gates will travel to Brussels for the first formal meeting of NATO Defense Ministers since the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit in April, and Ministers are expected to cover a broad range of operational topics.

Lt. General McChrystal Stresses Safety of Civilians in Afghanistan Mission
President Obama’s nominee for Commander of NATO ISAF and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal appeared before the Senate articulating his objectives for the future of U.S. operations in Afghanistan.

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with children waving American and Kosovo flags upon his arrival at the airport in Pristina, Kosovo, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Photo: Official White House Photo by David Lienemann U.S. Reaffirms Commitment to Kosovo and Peace in the Balkans
Vice President Joe Biden recently traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo to reaffirm the continuing U.S. commitment to security in the Balkans.

Other Stories in Current Issue

“Good Performers Initiative” Rewards Poppy-free Afghan Provinces

NATO, Afghan and Pakistani Troops Improve Coordination on Borders

NATO Training in Georgia a Success

President Obama Creates New Cybersecurity Coordinator Position

Ambassador Daalder: “A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century”

Transatlantic Security
News & Events

• U.S. Response to Report by Head of OSCE Mission on Georgia (6/11/09)

• U.S. Response to Russian Policy Toward South Caucasus (6/4/09)

• President Obama’s speech in Cairo: “A New Beginning” (6/4/09)

• U.S. Helps Nations Reduce, Destroy Excess Weapons and Munitions (5/29/09)

• Obama Seeks Enhanced Engagement with the Middle East, Europe (6/1/09)

• Biden Seeks to Enhance U.S.-Serbian Relations (5/20/09)

• Biden Urges Bosnia to Put Aside Ethnic, Party Differences (5/19/09)

• U.S. Provides $110 Million in Emergency Aid to Pakistan (5/19/09)

• Vice President Biden Begins Visit to the Balkans May 19 (5/18/09)

• “Unprecedented Cooperation” in Pakistan, Afghanistan Talks (5/6/09)

• Anti-Piracy Efforts Along Africa Coast Show Some Success (5/6/09)

• Pakistan’s Security Seen as Vital to U.S. National Security (5/5/09)

• Obama Seeks Close Coordination with Afghan, Pakistani Leaders (5/5/09)

• Young Mariners Get Up-Close Lesson in Thwarting Pirates (5/4/09)

• United States Must Do More to Help Pakistan (5/4/09)

• Experts Say Cooperation Between U.S., Russia Is an Imperative (4/28/09)

• Stability in Pakistan Is Central to U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan (4/24/09)

• U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks Begin (4/24/09)

• Progress in Afghanistan Depends on Progress in Pakistan (4/23/09)

U.S. Policy
Statements, Speeches, and Interviews

USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder speaking at Security & Defense Agenda (SDA) event, June 8, 2009. (Photo: SDA) Ambassador Daalder's Address at the Transatlantic Forum - Berlin (7/1/09)

• A Full and Urgent Agenda for NATO in the 21st Century
• Q & A

NATO Task Force foils hostile pirates (NATO Picture) Piracy
Announcement of Counter-Piracy Initiatives

• Fact Sheet: Taking Diplomatic Action Against Piracy

Vice President Joseph Biden U.S. Foreign Policy
Remarks by Vice President Biden at 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy

President Obama, flanked by Secretaries Hillary Clinton, left, and Robert Gates, announces a new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy. Afghanistan
A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan

• White Paper on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan
• NATO in Afghanistan: Security and Development

Under Secretary of State William Burns NATO-Russia Relations
Experts Say Cooperation Between U.S., Russia Is an Imperative

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a press conference after the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels March 5, 2009. Photo by Didier Vandenbosch, U.S. Mission to NATO Missile Defense
Secretary Clinton Comments at NATO on Missile Defense and Europe

Secretary Clinton delivers remarks with Kosovar President Fatmir Sejdiu and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Kosovo's progress in its historic first year as an independent state. State Department photo by Michael Gross Kosovo
Secretary Clinton Congratulates Kosovo's Progress in its Historic First Year as an Independent State

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