The Coming Crisis: Panetta calls for more agile NATO with wider strategic focus

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Panetta calls for more agile NATO with wider strategic focus Jan 18th 2013, 19:15 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on Friday for NATO to reinvent itself as a more agile alliance with a broader outlook embracing the Asia-Pacific and able to respond to new threats from Islamic militancy. Panetta said as the alliance winds down the Afghanistan war and cuts defense spending to fit shrinking budgets, it would still face challenges from Islamist militants as well as countries like Iran and North Korea. "NATO can no longer be an alliance focused on a single type of mission, whether deterring the aggression of another superpower or conducting stability operations like Afghanistan," Panetta told a group at King's College in London, in one of his last major speeches as defense secretary. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-usa-nato-panetta-idUSBRE90H14M20130118

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