Topic: Nato
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has asked the Pentagon for initial recommendations for the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan in 2014, a first step in planning the final U.S. drawdown there despite a bleak security outlook.Sources familiar with the discussions said ...
Moamer Kadhafi's body has been buried in secret after being displayed in public for four days, in an ignominious end for Libya's longtime ruler, as the new regime on Tuesday asked NATO to extend its mission.US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, on a ...
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta hailed NATO's air campaign in Libya Friday as he met US Navy personnel involved in operations at the allied joint force command base in Naples.Panetta thanked personnel for their role in "what has proven to be a ...
Fighting raged in Sirte on Thursday after forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi tried to break a siege of the ex-leader's hometown, as fighters loyal to Libya's new regime sent reinforcements to Kadhafi's other major holdout of Bani Walid.Kadhafi himself called on Libyans ...
With NATO's campaign in Libya nearing an end, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta flew to the allied command in Naples on Thursday to confer with officers overseeing the air war.Panetta called the NATO intervention a "remarkable achievement" and hailed the fall of ...
NATO mapped out conditions Thursday to end the Libya air war, vowing to keep bombing until Kadhafi forces stop attacking civilians and the new leadership can ensure security across the country.With Moamer Kadhafi diehards surrounded by the new leadership's forces in Sirte ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ten years after the West intervened in Afghanistan, NATO said on Thursday its plans to hand over security responsibility to the Afghan government and gradually withdraw troops remained on track despite recent spectacular Taliban attacks.U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ...
The US defense chief warned NATO allies on Wednesday that they can no longer depend on the United States to make up for the type of military shortfalls witnessed in the Libyan and Afghan wars.With the US military facing its own major ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and Spain have reached an agreement that will strengthen efforts to build a missile defense system in Europe by basing U.S. anti-missile warships at the Rota navy base on Spain's southwestern coast, senior U.S. defense officials ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta urged NATO allies on Wednesday to avoid sharp cuts in defense spending, pointing to this year's war in Libya as an example of NATO's vital role in responding to global military crises.NATO, whose warplanes have ...
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