DoD News Briefing with Col. White from Baghdad Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:30:00 -0500 Presenter: Commander, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Col. Pat White August 28, 2008 DoD News Briefing with Col. White from Baghdad                  BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Public Affairs): Colonel White, this is Bryan Whitman at the Pentagon.    ...Continue Reading

DoD News Briefing with Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:00 -0500 Presenter: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen August 28, 2008 DoD News Briefing with Adm. Mullen from the Pentagon                 ADM. MULLEN: Good morning, and thanks for being here with me today. I have just a few comments to start out, and then I'll be glad to take your questions. ...Continue Reading

** ** ** NATO Press Release (2008)110 28 August 2008 *NATO ships in Black Sea on routine visit*, unrelated to Georgia crisis *   The Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1), a group of NATO warships, conducts routine port visits and exercises with NATO member nations bordering the Black Sea since 21 August.   This deployment is routine in nature and has been planned for over a year, notification of the requirement to transit the Turkish Straits was given in June well before the current Georgia ...Continue Reading

DoD News Briefing with Gen. Conway from the Pentagon Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:16:00 -0500 Presenter: Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James Conway August 27, 2008 DoD News Briefing with Gen. Conway from the Pentagon                MODERATOR: Well, thank you for coming this morning. It's my pleasure to introduce a guy that doesn't need any introduction, really, but General James Conway, commandant o ...Continue Reading

*Classification: NATO UNCLASSIFIED (Releasable for Internet Transmission)* 27 August 2008 NATO Press Release (2008)109   Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of Ambassadors with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstyantyn Yeliseyev, Presidential Special Envoy to Georgia held at the NATO Headquarters on 27 August 2008   ChairmanÂ’s statement   The NATO-Ukraine Commission met on 27 August in Ambassadorial session with the participation of the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Konstiant ...Continue Reading

** 27 August/août 2008 COMMUNIQUE  PR/CP(2008)108 NAC Statement on the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia   The North Atlantic Council condemns the decision of the Russian Federation to extend recognition to the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia and calls upon Russia to reverse its decision.  RussiaÂ’s decision violates the many UN Security Council resolutions it has endorsed regarding GeorgiaÂ’s territorial integrity, and i ...Continue Reading

NAC statement on the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia The North Atlantic Council condemns the decision of the Russian Federation to extend recognition to the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia and calls upon Russia to reverse its decision. Russia’s decision violates the many UN Security Council resolutions it has endorsed regarding Georgia’s territorial integrity, and is inconsistent with the fundamental ...Continue Reading

** NATO Press Release (2008)107 - 26 August 2008   Statement by the Secretary General of NATO on the Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia   I reject the decision of the Russian Government to extend recognition to the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia.  This is in direct violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions regarding Georgia’s territorial integrity, resolutions that Russia itself has endorsed.  Russia’s actions in recent weeks call into question Russ ...Continue Reading

** 06 Aug.- 20 Aug.2008 19 Aug. 2008 NATO's foreign ministers reiterate their support for Georgia The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met in a special foreign ministerial session on 19 August 2008 to discuss the situation in Georgia and its implications for Euro-Atlantic stability and security. More... 19 Aug. 2008 NATO Secretary General condemns terrorist attacks in Algeria On behalf of NATO, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack in Issers today.  I offer NATO's profound condole ...Continue Reading

** NATO Press Release (2008)105 19 August 2008   Statement by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, on the terrorist attacks in Algeria On behalf of NATO, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack in Issers today.  I offer NATO’S profound condolences to President Bouteflika and to the Algerian people for this heinous act, which has caused the death of many young people and hope for a speedy recovery of those injured.  There can be no justification for this destr ...Continue Reading