Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Politician
1953-01-26
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009. He later served as the 12th Secretary General of NATO from 2009 to 2014.
Quotes by Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces.
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Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach.
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Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.
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