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Assessing NATO's future

In his final policy speech as defense secretary, Robert Gates was bluntly critical, warning of potential ‘military irrelevance'


June 19, 2011

Editor's note: This is a Department of Defense transcript of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' speech on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization delivered June 10 in Brussels.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary General, Jaap, for that kind introduction.

And my thanks to Giles Merritt and the....

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