#so

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. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#alliance #almost #also #between #defence

We're strongly in favor of the U.N. plan for a solution to the Cyprus conflict. Hopefully a solution can be found before the end of this summit, but we cannot and will not let it block our decisions on enlargement. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#block #cannot #conflict #cyprus #decisions

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'. ↗

— Dan Rather

#begins #believes #called #dream #leads

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well. ↗

— Dan Rather

#learn #lesson #life #tough #well

From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it. ↗

— Dan Rather

#arab #busy #calendar #driving #japan

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school. ↗

— Dan Rather

#elementary school #i #i can #loved #news

As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere. ↗

— Dan Rather

#i #long #reporting #somewhere #want

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new. ↗

— Dan Rather

#access #bargaining #been #campaigns #candidates

The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted. ↗

— Dan Rather

#being #father #gave #great #invisible

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious. ↗

— Dan Rather

#bark #barks #dangerous #dog #good