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		<title><![CDATA[Baltic Nations Concerned About Russian Ship Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIGA, Latvia - Concerns mounted Nov. 27 in the ex-Soviet bloc over France's considering the sale of a warship to Russia, as Latvia joined Baltic neighbors Lithuania and Estonia in pressing Paris for an explanation. "France is our strategic EU and NATO partner, and we hope France will make an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:59:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: NATO Today October 24, 2009 ~ Nato 'Determined' Over Afghanistan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: NATO Today October 24, 2009 ~ Nato 'Determined' Over Afghanistan   *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media  NSI News Source Info BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - October 24, 2009: Nato countries are showing "new determination to see the mission through" in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:46:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exit Strategy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/exit-strategy/17303/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since he became NATO Secretary General this summer, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has been outlining an exit strategy for the International Security Assistance Force ISAF in Afghanistan. He repeated it at the end of a two-day informal meeting of NATO defense ministers which ended today in Bratislava, Slovakia: "the only way...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Australia Seeks Quick Withdrawal from Afghanistan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Australia on Oct. 21 said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite U.S. and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban. Defense Minister John Faulkner said Australia was studying how to complete the mission...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:15:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Russian NATO' Holds 1st Exercise]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MATYBULAK, Kazakhstan - The presidents of five ex-Soviet states viewed military drills by thousands of troops in Kazakhstan as the Russian-led security grouping unveiled its new rapid reaction force Oct. 16. Moscow hopes the new forces will lend teeth to the Collective Security Treaty Organization CSTO, a loose seven-nation grouping...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:16:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: U.S. Denies 45,000 Troops On Way To Afghanistan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: U.S. Denies 45,000 Troops On Way To Afghanistan   *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media NSI News Source Info LONDON, UK - October 15, 2009: Hours after Washington thanked Britain for sending more soldiers to Afghanistan, the White House was denying a report that President Barack...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:04:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPI NewsTrack TopNews]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace prize a call to action, Obama says WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 UPI -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday he would accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize as a call to action to seek greater global engagement on issues. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:26:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boeing delivers third C-17 for ISAF]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 8 UPI -- The Boeing Co. delivered its third C-17 Globemaster III to NATO forces in support of a consortium of 12 nations in a strategic airlift initiative. The C-17 Globemaster III is assigned to the NATO Airlift Management Organization in support of the 12-nation Strategic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:50:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Turkey to boost troops in Afghanistan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision will increase the number of Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan to 1,600. They are due to arrive in Kabul in November, when Turkey takes over the rotating command of NATO operations in the Afghan capital. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the decision at a joint news conference with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:16:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When means now]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As another two British soldiers die in Afghanistan, yet another two torn apart by an IED - bringing the grand total to 2010 – the coalition powers are now paying the price for grossly over-selling the Afghan presidential election.  Thus does   The Times   report today...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:56:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Britain's defense spending blasted]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 296-page secret dossier, obtained by the Sunday Times, claims that incompetence at the British Defense Ministry "is harming our ability … to conduct difficult current operations." Written by business and military expert Bernard Gray and commissioned by former Defense Secretary John Hutton, the report says that today's military procurement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:33:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Losing on the home front]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand, the current edition of the New Statesman gives space to current defence secretary Bob Ainsworth, who tells us that opposing war in Afghanistan is "defeatism" The war in Afghanistan is too important to be reduced to a political football. We are fighting there to protect our...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:01:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DTN News: U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban*Source: DTN News / The New York Times By James RisenNSI News Source Info WASHINGTON - August 10, 2009: Fifty Afghans believed to be drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban have been placed on a Pentagon target list...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:15:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Afghan War: NATO Builds History's First Global Army]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DTN News: Afghan War: NATO Builds History's First Global Army*Never before have soldiers from so many states served in the same war theater*Source: DTN News / Global Research by Rick RozoffNSI News Source Info TORONTO, Canada - August 10, 2009: Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:34:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[NATO Countries Discussing Continuing Delays On A400M]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The troubled multi-national A400M transport program continues to wait a decision from its customers on whether to continued development or end the development.  EADS would be forced to pay back millions to the different nations as penalties related to the delays in delivering the aircraft.  The decision has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:58:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama's Warm Welcome?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Pres. Obama preparing for his 1st official overseas trip to attend the G-20 summit, will the current global economic crisis mean the end of the lovefest? Sheila MacVicar reports.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[EADS North America Underscores Its Airlift, Target Drone, Medical Care and Services Capabilities at the Army Association&#39;s Annual Meeting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EADS North America's ability to meet the U.S. Army's evolving mission requirements will be highlighted at the 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition of the AUSA (Association of the U.S. Army), being held October 6-8 in Washington, D.C.  The company's 1,500 sq. ft. exhibit stand (Hall A, #1145) is dominated...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call for more Afghan troops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[British commander says 4,000 more soldiers needed on Helmand front line     The commander of British troops in Afghanistan has said troop levels need to be raised by at least 50 per cent to fight a resurgent Taliban in Helmand and an international presence would be required...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Czech Military Balances Old, New]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5438/is_200809/ai_n29494358]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[But upgrading legacy systems does not necessarily achieve interoperability.   The armed forces of the Czech Republic are wrestling with interoperability issues as they strive to modernize in place a military largely built around legacy systems. The 60-yearold Atlantic alliance to which the Czech Republic belongs still has not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US skeptical of Afghan civilian deaths claim]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n28033600]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CRAWFORD, Texas AFP &#8212; The White House on Friday reacted skeptically to the Afghan interior ministry's charge that a US-led strike in western Afghanistan had killed 76 civilians, including 50 children and 19 women.  "I would say that the United States and NATO have taken great steps to avoid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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