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| US Jets To Patrol Prague Summit |
| 2002-11-16 |
| The U.S. Defense Department says U.S. jet fighters will patrol the skies over Prague during next week's NATO summit at the request of the Czech government. The Defense Department says F-16 and F-15 warplanes will be providing one part of a large NATO security effort. At the summit, President Bush and other NATO nation leaders will discuss Iraq and future expansion of the Western alliance during their talks. U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice says Iraq is a "prime example" of the kind of threat NATO now faces. Speaking in Washington Friday, Rice said the President Bush hopes to hear from NATO partners what support they will give U.S. and U.N. demands that Iraq disarm. Yep. Makes a prime target, doesn't it? Rice says Bush will not hold formal talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. She tried to downplay that decision, adding, the two are bound to run into each other at the meeting. Inferring Bush is a Nazi didn't help. Nope, didn't help at all... Bush plans to hold separate talks with NATO Secretary General George Robertson and the leaders of the Czech Republic, Turkey and France. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |