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  • Rumsfeld Recalls Ike's Words to Define NATO's Current Challenges

    02/10/2006 4:51:51 PM PST · by SandRat · 3 replies · 280+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb 10, 2006 | John D. Banusiewicz
    TAORMINA, Italy, Feb. 10, 2006 – The challenges facing NATO today bring to mind words spoken by Dwight D. Eisenhower in his last televised address to the nation as president 45 years ago, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. The secretary took part in two days of informal meetings with his NATO counterparts, as well as meetings of the NATO-Russia Council and the alliance's Mediterranean Dialogue countries. In his farewell address on Jan. 17, 1961, Eisenhower spoke of the threat posed by the Soviet Union. "As we think about the important role that NATO can play in the...