October 8th 2007 PST
** WORLD IS ENTERING SECOND NUCLEAR AGE, SAYS NATO EXPERT A NATO expert said today (Saturday) that the world had entered a “second nuclear age” in which many of the rules that applied in the days of the Cold War stand-off between East and West no longer applied. “The end of the Cold War has removed a specific political and military context in which nuclear weapons contributed to mutual deterrence and mutual restraint,” Michael Rühle, Senior Policy Adv ...Continue Reading
October 8th 2007 PST
** MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM COULD * REMOVE RISK OF PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE ON *IRAN* – SPEAKER SAYS* A European missile defence system could make a US pre-emptive strike against Iran much less likely, NATO parliamentarians heard today (Saturday). In an address to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s (NATO PA’s) Science and Technology and Defence and Security Committees, Robert Bell, Senior Vice-President of SAIC, reiterated the view that placing anti-missile sites in Eastern Europe ...Continue Reading
October 6th 2007 PST
DoD News Briefing with Col. Kershaw from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:36:00 -0500 Presenter: Commander, 2nd Brigade 10th Mountain Division , Multinational Division Center Col. Michael Kershaw October 05, 2007 DoD News Briefing with Col. Kershaw from the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (Note: Colonel Kershaw appears via video teleconference from Iraq.) ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
** PR/CP (2007)102 5 Oct. 2007 NATO SECRETARY GENERAL TO VISIT DENMARK The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will visit Copenhagen on Monday 8 October 2007. During his visit, the Secretary General will meet with the Prime Minister, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Per Stig Møller and the Minister of Defence, Mr. Søren Gade. The Secretary General will also speak at the Public Diplomacy Seminar on Comprehen ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Defense Minister Goni from Chile Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:15:00 -0500 Presenter: Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates and Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni October 04, 2007 Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Defense Minister Goni from Chile Note: (Minister Goni's remarks are through interpreter.) &nbs ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Minister of Defense Calderon Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:07:00 -0500 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon October 03, 2007 Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Minister of Defense Calderon (Note: Min. Santos's remarks are through an interpreter.) ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
Media Availability with Secretary Gates Enroute to Chile Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:44:00 -0500 Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates October 03, 2007 Media Availability with Secretary Gates Enroute to Chile Q What's the best case scenario -- (off mike) – most likely case scenario -- (off mike)? SEC. ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Sherlock from the Pentagon Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:43:00 -0500 Presenter: Director for Operational Planning, Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Richard Sherlock October 04, 2007 1:30 PM EDT DoD News Briefing with Maj. Gen. Sherlock from the Pentagon GEN. SHERLOCK: Good afternoon. Thanks for coming today. I'd like to open with a few comments, and then I'll be happy to ...Continue Reading
October 5th 2007 PST
** PR/CP (2007)101 4 Oct. 2007 VISIT TO NATO BY H.E. MR. BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI, * PRESIDENT OF THE *FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA*[1]** * * The President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Branko Crvenkovski, will visit the NATO Headquarters on Friday, 5 October 2007 and will meet with the Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Media Advisory* 10:30 President Crvenkovski and the NATO Secretary General jointly meet the press (Main Entrance) ...Continue Reading
October 4th 2007 PST
** Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Tbilisi State University* * Tbilisi*, *Georgia* * * 4 October 2007** * Ladies and Gentlemen, The last time I was in Georgia was in 2004, during my first year in office as NATO’s Secretary General, and I am delighted to be back and let me add that in 2003 I was also in the same room as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE so it feels a bit like homecoming. I also feel very honoured with the opportunity to speak at the ol ...Continue Reading
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