Gates Urges Stronger U.S. Ties With Europe
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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France, June 6 â Beside a churning sea and an ocean of white marble crosses, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that the United States and its European allies should honor the thousands of Americans buried here by strengthening the alliance they died defending.
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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said today he feels "deep anxiety" over the ability of the U.S. to compete globally, and said the country is risking its technology leadership because of failures in its education system and immigration policies and inadequate research spending.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Europe on Sunday it must boost defense spending and commit more troops and money to Afghanistan if NATO is to remain a potent military alliance.
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PARIS, Dec 12  British Prime Minister Tony Blair called today for a strengthening of relations between Europe and the United States and said his country should be a ''tireless advocate'' of close ...
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) chairman Bill Gates is visiting the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, but has not scheduled a meeting with the head of the antitrust office, which has imposed measures on the company.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell urged Europeans on Wednesday to put aside their differences with the United States over the Iraq war, arguing that Americans and Europeans have common values and face similar threats that should outweigh the controversies of recent years.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in his first speech as Pentagon chief, made an urgent call Sunday for NATO allies to live up to their promises to supply military and economic aid for Afghanistan, saying that failing to do so would be shameful.
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WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates said the United States should end limits on visas for skilled foreign workers as part of plan to boost US economic competitiveness.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Wednesday urged Europeans to put aside their differences with the United States over the Iraq war, arguing that Americans and Europeans
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will meet with French President Jacques Chirac here Wednesday during a visit to France to defend his company's software against competition from Linux and other free Internet-based software.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has made a plea for Europe to reconcile with the United States after their bitter division over the US-led war in Iraq.
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A top European Union official Monday urged the United States to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europe&#39;s fledgling economic recovery.
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Robert Gates, US defence secretary, on Sunday emphasised the direct threat posed to European security by extremists in and around Afghanistan in a speech reflecting growing American concerns that weak public support in Europe risked undermining Nato's mission in the country.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell challenged Europe on Wednesday to play a more active role with the United States in pursuing peace and democracy in the Middle East and Iraq.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a strong Europe and for friendship with the United States in his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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BRUSSELS  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell called on European nations to look beyond their differences with the United States over Iraq and respond positively to US overtures to improve strained transatlantic ties.
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Looking to improve trans-Atlantic ties strained by the war in Iraq, US President George W. Bush said he hoped to visit Europe &quot;as soon as possible&quot; after his January 20 inauguration.