29 January 2008
NATO PA COMMITTEE
MEETS
U.S. DEFENCE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES
Afghanistan, Kosovo, missile defense and
relations with Russia were the order of the day when the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly’s Defence and Security Committee met with U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates and his top staff on January 28, 2008 at the Pentagon. The
Committee Delegation included parliamentarians from 17 different NATO member
states, including seven members of the U.S. Congress.
The
Delegation’s frank and positive exchange with Secretary Gates was part of the
Defence and Security Committee’s annual visit to the United States, intended to
ensure NATO member state parliamentarians are familiar with the latest thinking
of the highest-level security and foreign policy officials of the U.S.
government. It also provides opportunity for dialogue with members of
Congress who represent the United States within the Assembly.
As
part of the annual visit, committee members also visit the U.S.Department of
State, as well as a military installation this year McChord Air Force Base
and Fort Lewis, in Washington State. The Committee
will also meet a
number of non-governmental policy experts.
The Committee was also
invited to watch a simultaneous broadcast of President Bush’s 2008 State of the
Union Address within the Capitol building.
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