BG covers Kerry's SFRC hearing on NATO today

[karynnj]

(I think I really want to watch this)

Senator John F. Kerry, just back from a diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, said today that seeing NATO forces fighting alongside Americans convinces him even more of the importance of the alliance born of World War II.

"Let me tell you, whatever our differences, our allies have made enormous sacrifices in Afghanistan. They, too, are serving heroically," Kerry said in his opening statement at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today on the future of NATO.

"While questions remain on both sides of the Atlantic about the future of our Afghan mission, our confidence in the idea and the cohesion of NATO remains strong. Our commitment to defend our NATO allies is unwavering," he added.

"NATO turned sixty this year. As we all know, there have been times when NATO’s critics called it an alliance in search of a mission. Today, as new challenges multiply and old ones resurface, it has become clear that as long as NATO continues to adapt, it will remain essential going forward."

(they included his opening statement)
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/10/kerry_steadfast.html

[karynnj]

1. VOA coverage on it

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-22-voa45.cfm

Other than the fact that the writer saw the need to define MA (at least correctly) as a northeastern state, this is pretty straight forward. (kind of seems like the additions made in high school when the assigned called for at least a fixed number of words and you had written all you knew already.)