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<p class="style18"><a href="/2000Book/weissingerbaylon.htm">Workshop Chairman Roger Weissinger-Baylon </a><span class="style217"><strong><a href="/2000Book/diepgen.htm">Berlin Mayor Eberhard Diepgen </a></strong></span><span class="style217"><strong><a href="/2000Book/moede.htm">German Armed Forces Lt Gen Hartmut Moede </a></strong></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><strong><a href="/2000Book/scharping.htm">German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping</a></strong></span><span class="style217"><a href="/2000Book/adamkus.htm">Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus </a><a href="/2000Book/balanzino.htm">NATO Dep Secretary Genereral Sergio Balanzino </a><a href="/2000Book/venturoni.htm">NATO Military Committee Chair Adm Guido Venturoni </a></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><a href="/2000Book/haekkerup.htm">Danish Defense Minister Hans Haekkerup </a><a href="/2000Book/mattarella.htm">Italian Defense Minister Sergio Mattarella</a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/2000Book/tsohatzopoulos.htm">Greek Defense Minister Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos</a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/2000Book/tarasyuk.htm">Ukranian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk </a><a href="/2000Book/stutzle.htm">German State Secretary Walther Stutzle </a><a href="/2000Book/wolsytnski.htm">French Vice Chief of Defense Staff Lt Gen Richard Wolsztynski </a><span class="style222"><a href="/2000Book/lanxade.htm">Fmr French Ambassador to Tunisia Adm Jacques Lanxade</a><a href="/2000Book/kislyak.htm">Russian Ambassador to NATO Sergei Ivanovich Kislyak </a></span></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><span class="style222"><a href="/2000Book/ralston.htm">SACEUR Gen Joseph Ralston </a> <a href="/2000Book/smith.htm">DSACEUR Gen Rupert Smith </a></span></span><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/ellis.htm">CINCSOUTH Adm James Ellis</a><a href="/2000Book/spiering.htm">CINCNORTH Gen Joachim Spiering </a></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/deleon.htm">US Dep Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon </a><a href="/2000Book/oliver.htm">US Principal Dep Under Secretary of Defense David Oliver </a><a href="/2000Book/martin.htm">BMDO Dep for Strat Relations David Martin</a><a href="/2000Book/vershbow.htm">US Ambassador to NATO Alexander Vershbow </a></span></p>
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<p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/weston.htm">BAE Systems Chief Executive John Weston </a> <a href="/2000Book/hertrich.htm">EADS Co-CEO Rainer Hertrich </a><a href="/2000Book/crosby.htm">Northrop Grumman President Ralph Crosby </a></span><span class="style209"><span class="style197"><a href="/2000Book/enders.htm">EADS Exec Vice President Thomas Enders </a></span><span #invalid_attr_id="10px 0px 0px 10px"><span class="style197"><a href="/2000Book/lawler.htm">Boeing Vice President William Lawler </a></span></span></span><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/zappa.htm">Alenia President Giorgio Zappa</a><a href="/2000Book/trice.htm">Lockheed Martin Sr Vice President Robert Trice </a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 6</strong></p>
<p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/kukan.htm">Slovakian Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan </a><a href="/2000Book/hajdaraga.htm">Albanian Defense Minister Luan Hajdaraga </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/2000Book/dimitrov.htm">FYROM Foreign Minister Aleksandar Dimitrov </a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/2000Book/naumann.htm">Fmr NATO Military Committee Chair Gen Klaus Naumann</a></span><br>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style26 style27"><B>READINESS</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT"> <FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"><span class="style24"><span class="style8"><FONT COLOR="#000000">I</FONT> would like to give you a very brief outline of those things that I believe are important to Allied Command Europe. Readiness on the part of our forces is my number-one priority, first and foremost. And when I say readiness, I am not only referring to the role nations play in being accountable for the readiness of their forces; there is also a role for Allied Command Europe to play, because if I am going to provide proper military advice to Admiral Venturoni and to the North Atlantic Council, we have got to have some feel for that. </span></span></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> When I talk about readiness, I am talking about three different parts: the people aspect, the training aspect, and the equipment aspect. And each of these aspects has several sub-elements. As part of the people aspect, we have got to make sure that we have sufficient people to do whatever tasks we might receive from the North Atlantic Council. As far as training goes, I have already spent a lot of time going to the exercises, talking to the troops, and making sure that we are getting good training. A lot of exercises have significant political aspects to them, but the primary purpose of exercises is the training of the troops and for command-and-control to exercise those troops. Regarding equipment readiness, certainly it plays into the Defense Capabilities Initiative and how we proceed on that. So when I talk about readiness, I refer to all three of its elements. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style26 style27"> <B>THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> Another important point is that we need to spend a lot of time shaping the security environment of the future. I think the best way to do that is to have very strong military-to-military relationships with our partners, and everything that goes along with that: the Membership Action Plans and the Partnership for Peace exercises are critically important to where we are trying to go in the future. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> As a subset of the importance of our security environment, let me say that Russia, as a partner, is a country that we need to have a better relationship with. We need to have a stronger military-to-military relationship with Russia. How can we be expected to serve with the troops of all nations in the Balkans today if we do not have a strong military-to-military relationship with Russia? We have got to be able to have trust at the senior military level all the way down to the soldiers on the ground. So that is something that we need to spend time on. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27 style26"> <B>THE EUROPEAN UNION–NATO RELATIONSHIP</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> Finally, something that I know this audience has spent a lot of time on, and something that General Smith will talk about, is the relationship between the European Union and NATO. I for one, both personally and professionally, am strongly supportive of what we are trying to do regarding the European Union. My only request is that we do it in such a way that we preserve the decision-making processes and so that we can have an effective military alliance. Therefore, my advice to the military committee and to the North Atlantic Council would be to try to make sure that we do have an effective way to employ military power. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style26 style27"> <B>THE ALLIED COMMAND EUROPE TEAM</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> I would also like to talk a little bit about the team that I have got, and that I am extremely pleased with. I do not believe any SACEUR has been blessed with a better team at the senior leadership levels than I have, starting with Deputy SACEUR Rupert Smith. I also have two commanders with me here today, Admiral Jim Ellis and General Joachim Spiering, and the other member of the team—somebody had to stay home and work—is my Chief of Staff, General Dieter Stöckmann, and I am very, very pleased with Dieter as well. So I just want to let you know how happy I am with the senior leadership that I have got within Allied Command Europe to work on the problems that we all face. </FONT></P>
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