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Elections in Iraq
SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE Rice Hails Romania as One of United States' "Strongest Friends" Secretary of State Rice, thanking Romanian President Traian Basescu for his country’s participation in the military coalitions Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, hailed Romania as “one of our strongest friends, a friend with whom we share common values.” In a joint press briefing with Basescu December 6 in Bucharest, Romania, Rice said she looked forward to signing a “historic” defense, security and cooperation agreement between the U.S. and Romania. more |
NATO MINISTERIAL
Secretary’s Remarks to the Press at Meeting of the North Atlantic Council I'm pleased to have engaged so far in very productive discussions with my NATO colleagues. I think that today's discussion and what we will do this afternoon demonstrates that NATO is truly a multilateral organization that is vibrant, that is a contributor to global security. It has European roots, of course, but if you look at what it is now doing -- it is involved in helping the people of Darfur; it is involved, as the Secretary General discussed, in Afghanistan, in training in Iraq -- this is an alliance that is indeed beginning to really meet the challenges of the 21st century. more
NATO-Russia Council Discusses Anti-Terrorism Action Plan The NATO-Russia Council met in Brussels, Belgium, December 8, the same day the alliance’s 26 foreign ministers gathered for their traditional December meeting. more |
NATO TRANSFORMATION New Roles for a Transformed Alliance. Op-Ed by Victoria Nuland, U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Today, the focus of diplomats and soldiers at NATO headquarters in Brussels is on places that few Transatlanticists -- myself included -- could easily have found on a map 15 years ago. NATO, the 56-year-old military alliance that saw Europe and North America through the Cold War, has become a vital forum for Americans and Europeans to work together on our shared global agenda. more Countering proliferation Counter proliferation Requires Both Passive, Active Measures The State Department’s senior adviser on arms control says both offensive and defensive measures are needed to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction successfully. Under Secretary of State Robert Joseph told an audience at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville December 9 that there is a broad range of diplomatic, economic, military and law enforcement capabilities available for this mission, including the application of sanctions and the use of missile defenses to stem the illegal proliferation of weapons, related technology and expertise. more NATO PAKISTAN ASSISTANCE
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Bush
Says Iraqi Election a "Major Milestone" Toward Democracy
President Bush welcomed Iraq’s
first election for a permanent government since the 2003 removal
of Saddam Hussein’s regime, saying the December 15 voter turnout
was significant, and was not accompanied by a high level of
violence. At the White House, the president met with five Iraqi
out-of-country voters who had cast their ballots earlier in the
day and expressed his pleasure at seeing Iraqis “accomplish this
major milestone in the march to democracy.”
International Community Stepping Up To Help Iraq, Rice Says
There is a growing consensus in the international community that
the establishment of democracy in Iraq is essential, and more
countries are stepping up to provide political, economic and
strategic support to make this happen, according to Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice. “Today the world is more united than
ever in support of a new Iraq. In just two days, when Iraqis
make history by electing the most democratic leaders in the
entire Middle East, they will do so with the moral and financial
and diplomatic backing of an overwhelming majority of the
world,” Rice told an audience at Washington’s Heritage
Foundation December 13.
NATO
Will Expand Security Forces in Afghanistan
