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Article: Clinton urges action against global threats ; Uses Berlin Wall's 20th anniversary of fall as impetus
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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BERLIN - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged
Europeans and Americans yesterday to see the anniversary of the fall
of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.
On the eve of celebrations marking 20 years since the collapse of
the wall that divided East and West Berlin, Clinton said the hard
work that went into ending the Cold War must be channeled to meet
new challenges, including the fights against extremism and climate
change.
As the Obama administration looks to often reluctant European
allies to bolster their NATO forces in Afghanistan, Clinton said
today's commemoration of Nov. 9, 1989, the night "when history
pierced the concrete and concertina wire," ...