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Atlantic Council, April 18, 2008

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2008 Annual Awards Dinner
 

The Atlantic Council of the United States celebrated its 2008 Awards Dinner, honoring former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Distinguished International, Business and Military Leadership respectively, on Monday, April 21st, at the Ritz Carlton in Washington D.C. The Council also presented its first ever Award for Distinguished Artistic Leadership to Russian piano virtuoso Evgeny Kissin.

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Mullen: ‘We Will Have to Deal with Iran in the Very Near Future”

JCS Chairman Michael Mullen urged Allied leaders to make the contributions necessary to win in Afghanistan, which he called “front and center” in the international security picture. He predicted that NATO “will have to deal with Iran in the very near future.” Mullen also reminded his audience of the many military personnel “in harm’s way this evening so that we might enjoy the freedom, the privileges, the opportunity that their service, in fact, provides.”

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Tony Blair urged Atlantic leaders to stand up for their shared value of freedom around the world, whether in Europe, the Middle East or Africa. In doing so, he argued, “we must combine hard and soft power.” While military means will be necessary, “It is a battle of ideas. To win, we must persuade people of what we stand for and why; and we must do so in a way that answers their concerns as well as our own.”

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Murdoch: NATO Faces ‘Crisis of Confidence’
 
 

News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch says that NATO “crisis of confidence” because Western Europe is “losing its faith in the values and institutions that have kept us free.” He calls for a radical redefinition of the Alliance in order to save it, including extending membership to Australia, Japan, and Israel.

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