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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a Carnegie Europe think tank event at the Bibliotheque Solvay in Brussels on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. In a farewell speech as NATO's top civilian official, Rasmussen said the alliance finds itself on the front lines of a geopolitical division between "tolerance and fanaticism," and "democracy and totalitarianism." Rasmussen's five-year term as NATO secretary general comes to a close at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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NATO’s outgoing chief: ‘We cut fat, built muscle”

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 23, 2014 12:07 pm

A Scottish ‘Yes’ also means exit from EU, NATO

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 15, 2014 3:09 pm

NATO head: threats from Russia, Islamic State

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 15, 2014 12:40 pm

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Romanian President Traian Basescu, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and British RAF Group Captain David Bentley watch a flypast on the second day of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

NATO creates ‘spearhead’ to deter Russia

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 5, 2014 8:25 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a media conference during a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. In a two-day summit leaders will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Ukraine’s leader: Careful optimism on peace talks

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 4, 2014 9:41 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted by Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet, left, and Estonia's Chief of Protocol Toomas Kahur, center, as he arrives in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, for a one day visit where he will meet with Baltic State leaders before heading to the NATO Summit in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

At NATO, goal is to curb Russia but not provoke it

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 3, 2014 10:50 am

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media ahead of the NATO summit in Wales, at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday Sept. 1, 2014. Russia and Ukraine will be the top story this week when NATO heads of state attend the NATO summit in Wales, starting Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

NATO plans high-readiness force to counter Russia

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 1, 2014 3:46 pm

3 Putin allies among 8 hit with new EU sanctions

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 30, 2014 8:36 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 3, 2013, file photo, Russian Federal Security Service Chief Alexander Bortnikov attends a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow. A European Union document released Friday, July 25, 2014, shows that among those targeted by a EU-wide asset freeze and travel ban are Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Russian Federal Security. The new sanctions were announced in a Friday entry to the EU's Official Journal. In all, 15 people were sanctioned, and 18 organizations or businesses, including rebel groups taking part in the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, File)

EU hits Russian intelligence chiefs with sanctions

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 26, 2014 4:47 am

A flag flies half-staff near the traffic tower at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Friday, July 18, 2014. The attack on a Malaysian jetliner Thursday afternoon killed 298 people from nearly a dozen nations, more than half being Dutch, including vacationers, students and a large contingent of scientists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)

What we know, and don’t, 1 day after Ukraine crash

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 18, 2014 8:53 pm

A man walks amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

What is known about plane crash in Ukraine

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 17, 2014 9:50 pm

EU to ponder adding to Ukraine sanctions list

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 8, 2014 12:44 pm