Posted on 10/21/2003 1:15:32 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BRUSSELS — NATO nations opened a special meeting yesterday on the European Union's plan to set up its own defense arm, parts of which have been criticized by the United States as a serious threat to allied unity.
The U.S. ambassador to the alliance, Nicholas Burns, called for the meeting after expressing alarm about the direction of the EU's military ambitions, in particular proposals backed by France and Germany for the Europeans to have a separate headquarters to plan operations independent of NATO.
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