Panel. [applause] welcome. Thank you very much. When mark twain, the humorist and essayist was asked by a reporter about rumors of his failing health, twain famously answered, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and i think that nato officials can certainly empathize with twains reaction because over the past 75 years nato has had to navigate many serious tensions among its members. Some of these were rooted in differences inside nato, about, for example, Nuclear Strategy, the Alliance Structure and its operations and others flowed from disagreements over policies of or actions by one or more allies outside in regions or on issues outside of natos purview and just to give you a flavor of some of these not so important disagreements, during the 1950s, the allies were struggling over the questions of german rearmament and the succession into nato was the federal republic. The debate of the implications of a massive what was called the massive retaliation doctrine and that a
Panel. [applause] welcome. Thank you very much. When mark twain, the humorist and essayist was asked by a reporter about rumors of his failing health, twain famously answered, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and i think that nato officials can certainly empathize with twains reaction because over the past 75 years nato has had to navigate many serious tensions among its members. Some of these were rooted in differences inside nato, about, for example, Nuclear Strategy, the Alliance Structure and its operations and others flowed from disagreements over policies of or actions by one or more allies outside in regions or on issues outside of natos purview and just to give you a flavor of some of these not so important disagreements, during the 1950s, the allies were struggling over the questions of german rearmament and the succession into nato was the federal republic. The debate of the implications of a massive what was called the massive retaliation doctrine and that a
We are going to leave this program here to keep our over 40year 40year commitment to congress. We take you live to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. O god, you desire not the strength of our arguments, nor the vigor of our opinions, but the gravity of our humble sacrifice. On this day, may we sacrifice our inclination for contempt and instead initiate kindness. Loosen our grip on jupt and instead may on judgment and instead may we grab hold of a generosity of spirit. May we foreswear our grudges and commit instead to exercise forebarrens. Hold us accountable that our arguments will hold forth your righteousness and not ring hollow in our rightness. May our struggles preserve the dignity of this body and not erode our commitment to its noble purpose. May our words underscore our devotion to the common good and not undermine our ability to see, even in
Defense. Please join me in welcoming the panel. [applause] welcome. Thank you very much. When mark twain, the humorist and essayist was asked by a reporter about rumors of his failing health, twain famously answered, reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated and i think that nato officials can certainly empathize with twains reaction because over the past 75 years nato has had to navigate many serious tensions among its members. Some of these were rooted in differences inside nato, about, for example, Nuclear Strategy, the Alliance Structure and its operations and others flowed from disagreements over policies of or actions by one or more allies outside in regions or on issues outside of natos purview and just to give you a flavor of some of these not so important disagreements, during the 1950s, the allies were struggling over the questions of german rearmament and the succession into nato was the federal republic. The debate of the implications of a massive what was called th
Charter communications supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to democracy. Remarks now from the u. S. Ambassador to nato, Julianne Smith. She and Foreign Policy analysts are commemorating the 75th anniversary of nato at Georgetown University. Live coverage on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] all righty. Welcome to the nato 75 charting a new course conference. Posted by the Georgian Center for Security Studies and sponsored by the institute for the studies diplomacy, the bmw seven for german and European Studies, and the European Center for International Affairs. Our program and will begin shortly. Please take a moment silence any cell phones and a reminder we follow georgian universities