• NATO commemorates anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks                         
                      
                        • On the job with Lithuanian bodyguard Simona                         
                      
                     
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	Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined US Permanent Representative Kay Bailey Hutchison at the 9/11 and Article 5 Memorial at NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (11 September 2019), for a ceremony commemorating the 18th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. 
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	Speaking at the Oslo Nuclear Forum on Monday (9 September 2019), NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller highlighted the unique role played by nuclear weapons in the Alliance’s deterrence posture. 
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	NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller welcomed the Alliance’s strong partnership with Sweden in a visit to Stockholm this week. 
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	Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Bulgaria’s accession to NATO and the Alliance’s 70th anniversary, the traditional Ekiden relay marathon took place in central Sofia on Friday (6 September 2019). 
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	Lt Gen Steven Shepro, three-star US Air Force General Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, held his retirement ceremony at NATO Headquarters on Friday (6 September). 
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	We welcome that the Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia last November are finally back home, as well as the film-maker Oleg Sentsov. 
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	Senior diplomats, policy experts, academics and  NATO officials met in Riga on 5 September to discuss NATO’s nuclear deterrence and defence at a time when Russia’s destabilising actions and military build-up are undermining security in Europe. 
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	Around 2,800 sailors and airmen from eight nations gathered in Halifax on 6 September for Cutlass Fury 2019 – the largest Canadian-led naval exercise to take place off Canada’s east coast in decades. 
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	Simona Daumantienė works as a bodyguard, aka a Close Protection Agent, for the Lithuanian government and is also training to be an officer in the Lithuanian army reserves. 
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