|
|
The Jihadist Threat to Europe
- Article from:
-
Hampton Roads International Security Quarterly
- Article date:
-
April 15, 2008
- Author:
- Robert Michael Gates
|
Copyright informationCopyright 2008 Hampton Roads International Security Quarterly. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Robert Michael Gates is Secretary of Defense, United States of
America. He presented this speech on the importance of the joint
NATO efforts in Afghanistan on February 10th, 2008, at the 44th
Munich Conference on Security Policy.
I am glad to see many of my colleagues here, as well as many of
the delegations that were with us in Vilnius for the NATO
ministerial. As I said in Vilnius three weeks ago I accomplished a
key goal I have been pursuing for the last year: through the good
offices of the Los Angeles Times, I finally brought unity to NATO
though not as I wished.
Vilnius was my fourth NATO ministerial since taking this post,
but my first in a nation that had been part of the former ...