Posted on 12/04/2003 4:14:15 AM PST by ejdrapes
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:32 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Washington has strengthened its opposition to European Union plans on military policy.
"The United States cannot accept independent EU structures that duplicate existing NATO capabilities," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a statement for a meeting of ministers from NATO countries in Brussels.
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