Gates warns of ‘two-tier’ Nato

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Series Details 7.2.08
Publication Date 07/02/2008
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Article reports that Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, has warned February 2008 that Nato risks becoming a 'two-tier' alliance unless some members are willing to send more troops for the campaign to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Security and Defence Agenda: News, 21.1.08: Analyst backs Gates' NATO criticism http://www.securitydefenceagenda.org/News/tabid/338/Default.aspx
US: Department of Defence: Press Release, 6.2.08: Gates urges action to bolster NATO effort in Afghanistan http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48888
BBC News, 7.2.08: Nato 'at risk over Afghanistan' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7231909.stm
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