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Summit Charts NATO Course In Afghanistan, For Future
NATO hasn’t just endured, it has thrived, President Barack Obama said at the conclusion of the alliance’s summit in Chicago today. Alliance and partner-nation leaders met in the Windy City and covered a range of issues from Afghanistan to missile defense to nuclear arms to common defense. “NATO has been the bedrock of common security, [...]
NATO Declares Interim Missile Defence Capability
NATO leaders declared that the Alliance now has an interim ballistic missile defence capability at their Summit in Chicago on 21 May, marking the first step in the development of a NATO missile defence system. At the last NATO Summit, in Lisbon in November 2010, Alliance leaders agreed that NATO will develop a missile defence [...]
NATO traces path out of Afghanistan
NATO leaders mapped a path out of the unpopular war in Afghanistan, backing plans to hand Afghans the combat lead from mid-2013 while vowing to stand by them as they seize their own destiny. In a Chicago summit declaration, US President Barack Obama and his NATO military allies ratified an “irreversible” roadmap to “gradually and [...]
NATO Summit Reaffirms Commitment to Collective Security, Obama Says
A year and a half after the NATO members at their summit in Lisbon, Portugal, pledged bold action to revitalize the future alliance, heads of state and government are reaffirming commitment to their collective defense and security, President Barack Obama said here today. In an opening ceremony of the 25th summit, Obama and NATO Secretary [...]
Northrop Grumman To Deliver New ISR Capability to NATO Forces
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced it has signed a $1.7 billion (euro 1.2 billion) contract for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system. Operating under NATO command, AGS is expected to be the major data source for NATO’s system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR). The contract is intended to provide for the purchase and [...]
Chicago NATO Summit 2012 Declaration
Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 2012 We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Chicago to renew our commitment to our vital transatlantic bond; take stock of [...]
NATO allies focus on ending unpopular Afghan war
US President Barack Obama and NATO allies will focus Monday on logistical aspects of ending the protracted Afghan war after President Hamid Karzai vowed his country will no longer be a “burden” for the international community. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s attendance at the summit here had raised hopes his government was ready to lift [...]
Pentagon Details Decisions NATO Faces at Chicago Summit
NATO leaders and those of partner nations will finalize major decisions about Afghanistan and the future of the alliance during the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said here today. Little told reporters at a Pentagon news conference that the situation in Afghanistan is not [...]
Fighters to fly air defense exercise to prepare for NATO summit
Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters will be active in the skies over Chicago on Friday in preparation for the next week’s NATO summit. Exercise Amalgam Virgo 12-NATO, a NORAD air defense exercise, will be held in the greater Chicago area to allow interagency partners an opportunity to work collaboratively in this [...]



