DoD Special Briefing With Secretary Gates; James Schlesinger, Chairman, Task Force for Nuclear Weapons Management on The Task for Nuclear Weapons Management Report from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Arlington, VA Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:00 -0500 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates September 12, 2008 DoD Special Briefing With Secretary Gates; James Schlesinger, Chairman, Task Force for Nuclear Weapons Management on The Task for Nuclear Weapons Management Report from th ...Continue Reading

** ___________________________________________________________________ CORRIGENDUM - THIS REPLACES PREVIOUS VERSION OF PRESS RELEASE 113 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------   12 September/septembre 2008 NATO Press Release (2008)113 The North Atlantic Council to visit Georgia The North Atlantic Council (NAC) will visit Georgia on 15-16 September 2008. In Tbilisi the Permanent Representatives of the 26 NATO Nations and the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mr. Jaap de ...Continue Reading

** 12 September/septembre 2008 NATO Press Release (2008)113 The North Atlantic Council to visit Georgia The North Atlantic Council (NAC) will visit Georgia on 15-16 September 2008. In Tbilisi the Permanent Representatives of the 26 NATO Nations and the Secretary General of the Alliance, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will hold meetings with President Saakashvili, Prime Minister Nogaideli and other members of the government. There will also be the inaugural meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission.   The NAC will a ...Continue Reading

** 11 September 2008 NATO Press Release (2008)112   Secretary General to visit  Latvia The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will travel to Riga on Friday, 12 September 2008. His schedule will include bilateral consultations with the President of Latvia, H.E. Valdis Zatlers, and a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  The Secretary General will also take part in observing the naval exercise Open Spirit 2008. Visite du secrétaire g&A ...Continue Reading

** 03 -10 Sep. 2008 10 Sep. 2008 Moldovan ministers hold talks at NATO HQ On Wednesday, 10 September 2008, Mr. Andrei Stratan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Mr. Vitalie Vrabie, Defence Minister of the Republic of Moldova visited NATO HQ. Following a bilateral meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the ministers addressed the North Atlantic Council.More... 09 Sep. 2008 Start of Intensified Dialogue with Bosnia and Herzegovina A ...Continue Reading

** __*  NEWS RELEASE NATO ships complete their visit to the Black Sea   10 September 2008   The Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG 1) successfully completed its planned visit and is leaving the Black Sea today in accordance with the Montreux Convention which limits Black Sea naval deployments to twenty-one days for non-Black Sea navies.  SNMG 1 will operate in the Mediterranean following its departure from the Black Sea.   As part of its annual program, SNMG 1 was deployed to the Bla ...Continue Reading

** NATO Press Release (2008)106 9 September 2008 *Informal NATO Defence Ministers’ Meeting,*** * *** *London, United Kingdom, 18-19 September 2008*** *** * *1.         **Information*** Defence Ministers will hold informal meetings in London, United Kingdom, on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 September 2008, under the Chairmanship of the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. The United Kingdom Secretary of ...Continue Reading

** 9 September 2008 - NATO Press Release (2008)111   Moldovan Ministers to visit NATO  Mr. Andrei Stratan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Vitalie Vrabie, Minister of Defence of Moldova, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday 10 September. They will meet with the Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and address the North Atlantic Council. There will be no media opportunity.  ------------------------------------------------------------ Visite à l'OTAN de minist ...Continue Reading

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DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:27:00 -0500 Presenter: Commander, Combined Joint Task Force 101, and Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser September 05, 2008 DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Schloesser from Afghanistan             (Note: The general appears via teleconference.)         & ...Continue Reading