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Europe Seeks Military Role

Posted on Jul 22, 2010 by Cecil Maranville, David Palmer, Fred Nance, John Ross Schroeder Estimated reading time: 1 minute

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"In a series of recent speeches and articles, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has pushed the long-debated issue of a 'European defense identity' to the fore, urging Europeans to create the means to do more for their own security without undermining the Atlantic alliance" ("Europe Seeks Own Credible Military Role" ©1998 Reuters).

Citing the recent crises in Iraq and Kosovo, European foreign defense ministers discussed the need to create a European defense structure at their meeting in mid November. Such a structure will not be easy to put together, given the complex relationship between the European Union, the Western European Union and NATO. ( Reuters, ©1998)

Cecil Maranville
David Palmer
Born in Saskatchewan Canada, David Palmer was first introduced to the radio broadcast of the World Tomorrow during his career in broadcasting, when the program was aired during his on air shift. In 1965 his radio career took him to Vancouver British Columbia, where he was eventually baptized, and began attending Sabbath services. He was ordained to the ministry in 1983. Now retired from broadcasting David currently pastors congregations in Vancouver, and Vancouver Island.
Fred Nance
United Church of God Pastor
Fred Nance is a pastor at the United Church of God and has a B.A. in History from Ambassador College. He is originally from Lansing Michigan having moved to Arkansas in September of 2009. His wife Lidia is originally from Argentina.
John Ross Schroeder
(1937-2014)
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.