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Abdul Rahim Wardak
Abdul Rahim Wardak (عبدالرحیم وردگ ) (born: in 1940 or 1944 in central Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan) is the current Defense Minister of Afghanistan. He was appointed on December 23, 2004 by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Before this appointment, Wardak was the deputy Defense Minister to the former President, Mohammed Fahim. In the past, General Wardak was a national Mujahideen resistance leader who fought the Soviet forces during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Wardak province. His diplomacy has been instrumental promoting ethnic reconciliation due to his lineage from tribal chieftains with strong Pashtun relationships with all ethnic groups of the country.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Bendt Bendtsen
Bendt Bendtsen (born 25 March 1954) is a Danish Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the Conservative People's Party from 1999 to 2008.[http://www.micandidate.eu/candidate.aspx?idcandidate=7374&idconstituency;=147 Bendt Bendtsen' profile on MiCandidate.eu] He was the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2008 under Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (born April 3, 1964 in Herning), nicknamed The Eagle from Herning (), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank. Other career highlights include placing first in the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia. On May 25 2007 he admitted that he placed first in the Tour de France using banned substances, and he was no longer considered the winner by the tour's organizers. In July 2008 he is back on the list of Tour winners, but with additional notes about his use of doping.
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Frank Grevil
Frank Søholm Grevil (born in 1960) had the rank of major in Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste [FE] (Danish military intelligence agency).
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Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, GCMG (Ḥāmid Karzay; born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban government in late 2001. During the International Conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany, on 5 December 2001, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six month term as Chairman of the Transitional Administration.
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Lene Espersen
Lene Espersen (born 26 September 1965) is a Danish politician and member of parliament who has been leader of the Conservative People's Party since 9 September 2008. Since February 2010, she has been the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was the Minister of Justice from 27 November 2001 to 10 September 2008 and was Minister of Economic and Business Affairs from 10 September 2008 to 23 February 2010. Lene Espersen has been a member of parliament (folketinget) since 1994. She also serves as Deputy Prime Minister. She has two children.
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Lula da Silva
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Massimo Cacciari
Massimo Cacciari (born June 5, 1944 in Venice) is an Italian philosopher and politician.
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Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
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Mohammad Hanif Atmar
Mohammad Hanif Atmar (محمد حنیف اتمر; born 1968) was the Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He was removed from MOI by Hamid Karzai in the wake of attacks on the June 2010 Afghan Peace Jirga. Before that he worked with several international humanitarian organizations and served as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Minister of Education.
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Peter Brixtofte
Peter Brixtofte (born 11 December 1949) was a Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) representing Venstre (Liberal Party) from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005. Brixtofte served as Tax Minister from 19 November 1992 to 24 January 1993. He is best known as the former Mayor of Farum. Criminally convicted following a corruption scandal, he is currently serving a prison sentence in Horserød State Prison.
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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (), informally Poul Nyrup (), born 15 June 1943), was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and is currently President of the Party of European Socialists (PES). He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002. He is not related to the succeeding two Prime Ministers of Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen or Lars Løkke Rasmussen. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004-09.
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Poul Schlüter
Poul Holmskov Schlüter (, April 3, 1929) is a Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993.
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Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta (born December 15, 1954 in Herat) was the foreign minister of Afghanistan.
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Silvio Berlusconi
(born 29 September 1936 in Milan) is an Italian politician, the current Prime Minister of Italy, as well as a successful entrepreneur. He is the second longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy, a position he has held on three separate occasions: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006 and currently since 2008. Technically, Berlusconi has been sworn in four times because after a cabinet reshuffle, as happened with Berlusconi in 2005, the new ministry is sworn in and subjected to a vote of confidence. He is the leader of the People of Freedom political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 2009. As of November 2009, he is the longest-serving current leader of a G8 country. As of 2010, Forbes magazine has ranked him as the 74th richest man in the world with a net worth of USD 9 billion.
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Thor Pedersen
Thor Pedersen (born 14 June 1945) is a Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He was Finance Minister from 27 November 2001 to 23 November 2007 as part of the Cabinets of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. He has been a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) since 1985 and has served as Speaker since 28 November 2007.
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Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007; he resigned from all these positions in June 2007.
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Veronica Lario
Veronica Lario (born on 19 July 1956 as Miriam Raffaella Bartolini) is an Italian actress, currently the wife of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, although it has been reported that she intends to file for divorce.
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Basra
Al-Baṣrah (; BGN: Al Basrah, or Basra Region also called 'Basorah) is the capital of Basra Province, Iraq, and had an estimated population of 3,800,200 as of 2009. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it is incapable of deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr.
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Belgium
Belgium (, ), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of , and it has a population of about 10.8 million people.
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Brussels
Brussels (, pronounced ; , pronounced ), officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region (, Dutch: ), is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional capital of Belgium, the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen (, , , or ; or ) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,181,239 (2010) and a metropolitan population of 1,894,521 (2010). Copenhagen is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager. With around 2.7 million inhabitants within a 50 km radius, Copenhagen is one of the most densely populated areas in Northern Europe.
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Denmark
Denmark (; , , archaic: ), officially the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: ) together with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and many islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (commonly considered a part of Jutland), Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea; before the digging of the Kiel Canal, water passage to the Baltic Sea was possible only through the three channels known as the "Danish straits".
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (, ) are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Great Britain and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland.
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Folketing
The Folketing (Danish Folketinget ), is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means “People's Thing”—that is, the people's governing assembly.
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Ginnerup
Ginnerup (), is a small settlement in Denmark, located in north eastern Jutland. It is located around 10 km west of Grenå. It is a part of Norddjurs Municipality in Region Midtjylland.
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Greenland
Greenland ( meaning "Land of the Kalaallit people"; ) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. The largest island in Greenland is also named Greenland, and makes up most of the country's land area.
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Iraq
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Kosovo
Kosovo (; ) is a disputed territory in the Balkans. The partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo (Albanian: Republika e Kosovës; Serbian: Република Косово, Republika Kosovo), a self-declared independent state, has de facto control over most of the territory, with North Kosovo being the largest Kosovo Serb enclave. Serbia does not recognise the unilateral secession of Kosovo and considers it a United Nations-governed entity within its sovereign territory, the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Косово и Метохија, Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo i Metohija), according to the 2006 Constitution of Serbia.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO ( ; ), also called the "(North) Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
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Poland
Poland (), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous Slavic member.
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Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Filmography
- Statsministerens nytårstale (2008)
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- DR2 tema: Portrætkunst - Det nøgne menneske (2007)
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Frost Over the World - Anders Fogh Rasmussen- 13 Nov 09 - Pt 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:47
- Published: 16 Nov 2009
- Uploaded: 13 Nov 2011
- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO, about Afghanistan, Russia and NATO expansion.
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NATO and Libya - Secretary General's Statement on the Situation in Libya
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:59
- Published: 22 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 02 Jan 2012
- Author: NATOCOMMUNITY
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen issues statement on the updated situation in Libya.
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Tea with Anders Fogh Rasmussen on NATO economist.com/video
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:52
- Published: 26 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 18 Dec 2011
- Author: EconomistMagazine
The secretary general of NATO on successes in Libya, the role of America and pooling resources to buy expensive kit
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NATO Secretary General's monthly press briefing, 03 Oct 2011, Part 1/2
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- Duration: 10:12
- Published: 04 Oct 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
- Author: NATOCOMMUNITY
On 3 October 2011 NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen held his monthly and pre-October ministerial press conference at NATO HQ.
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NATO / Libya: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - called as war criminal, covered with red paint
NATO / Libya: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Als Kriegsverbrecher bezeichnet, überschüttet mit roter Farbe NATO / Libya: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - called as war criminal, covered with red paint OTAN / Libia: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - conocido como criminales de guerra, cubierto de pintura roja NATO / Libia: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - noto come criminali di guerra, coperto di vernice rossa OTAN / Libye: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - connue comme criminels de guerre, couvert de peinture rouge NATO / Libya: Anders Fogh Rasmussen - þekktur sem glæpamenn stríð, þakið rauðum mála НАТО / Ливия: Андерс Фог Расмуссен - известный как военных преступников, покрытые красной краской 北約 /利比亞：拉斯穆森 - 被稱為戰犯，覆蓋著紅色油漆NATO/リビア：アンダースFoghラスムッセン - 戦争犯罪人として知られ、赤ペンキで覆われて/ नाटो लीबिया: ऐन्डर्स Fogh Rasmussen - युद्ध अपराधियों के रूप में जाना जाता है, लाल रंग के साथ कवर किया الناتو / ليبيا : اندرس فوغ راسموسن -- المعروفة باسم مجرمي الحرب ، مغطاة بطلاء أحمر. CHANNEL: www.youtube.com WebSite: www.my-metropolis.eu
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Two heroin kingpins Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Fredrik Reinfeldt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:39
- Published: 12 Apr 2011
- Uploaded: 31 Dec 2011
- Author: SwedishDictatorship
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt - 31 March 2011. These bastards are nothing but heroin dealers working for CIA, Wallenberg and Rothschild empire. The whore Anders Fogh Rasmussen held the same speech in early 2007 as his whore friend Fredrik Reinfeldt. "We shall not get involved and disturb the work of the Afghan farmers" they both said in the specch that CIA had written for them.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers his remarks
This video is part of a series of videos containing the speeches from the Role of Women in Global Security Conference. The conference, held in late October 2010 at Eigtveds Pakhus in Copenhagen, focused on three themes; Women in Active Conflict/Peacekeeping Operations, Women in Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Reintegration, Women in Economic Development. To learn more about the conference, please visit denmark.usembassy.gov Make sure you take the time to view all the videos from the conference. They contain remarks from high level politicians from around the world as well as the results from the conference. Enjoy!
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27 - Kære Anders Fogh Rasmussen (BIlderberg)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:59
- Published: 11 Jun 2008
- Uploaded: 24 Sep 2011
- Author: Creatrix13
www.minsandhed.dk - fri download af bøgerne "Hvorfor stress og udbrændthed stiger" og "Formodet mistanke om Sandheden" samt meget mere. Gi' det videre... Personlig hilsen til Statsminister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, der er medlem af Nazi-bevægelsen Bilderberg. Find flere videoer via www.denfrietanke.dk Oplys dig selv via www.minsandhed.dk Se mere om Bilderberg på www.bilderberg.org
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ELDR Conference: Anders Fogh Rasmussen on liberalism
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks at the 2007 congress of the ELDR liberal party. 18 October 2007.
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NATO Secretary Gen. Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Herat, Afghanistan
Footage of NATO Secretary Gen. Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Herat Province, Kabul, Afghanistan, talking on the ground in Afghanistan, NATO's Secretary General said 'despite the death of Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan could still become a safe haven for terrorists, so we will stay and finish our job.' Anders Fogh Rasmussen has just returned from a two-day visit where he traveled to Herat, the home of Italian and American troops in the west of the country. Produced by Mel Preen. Provided by Natochannel. To download the full resolution video, visit dvidshub.net
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Anders FOGH RASMUSSEN, NATO Secretary General
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:02
- Published: 08 Mar 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Jun 2011
- Author: france24english
The f24 interview - NATO Secretary General Anders FOGH RASMUSSEN speaks to Caroline de Camaret about the worrying situation in Libya and the position of NATO on this crisis. Despite the fear of a blood bath in Libya, NATO does not intend to intervene without a UN mandate. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com
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World Affairs Council of Atlanta: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 54:33
- Published: 08 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 21 Oct 2011
- Author: GeorgiaStateU
World Affairs Council of Atlanta: Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO For More information please visit wacatl.gsu.edu
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen proclaims War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength
Owned byTheHairyHeart. Anders Fogh Rasmussen proclaims NATO victory whilst the battle is still raging on the ground. No surprise, the danes know him as a notorious liar.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen er bøsse
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- Duration: 4:26
- Published: 07 Feb 2008
- Uploaded: 22 Dec 2011
- Author: nissemagazine
Staged diskussion mellem Mikael Bertelsen og Mads Brügger i Den 11. Time, fra DR2, d. 17. april, 2007. Der refereres til dette klip youtube.com
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:39
- Published: 19 Nov 2010
- Uploaded: 20 Nov 2011
- Author: france24english
THE INTERVIEW - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to FRANCE 24 ahead of a crucial NATO summit in Lisbon.
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Reflections on 9/11 - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (with subtitles)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 07 Sep 2011
- Uploaded: 21 Sep 2011
- Author: NATOCOMMUNITY
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen reflects on 9/11
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Monthly Press (11/03/2011) Briefing by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Full, unedited - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gave his monthly press briefing on Libya and Afghanistan from Brussels, Belgium.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's speech
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:30
- Published: 10 May 2011
- Uploaded: 06 Oct 2011
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen's speech
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| Coordinates | 55°45′06″N37°37′04″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
| Order | 12th |
| Office | Secretary General of NATO |
| Term start | 1 August 2009 |
| Predecessor | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer |
| Office2 | Prime Minister of Denmark |
| Monarch2 | Margrethe II |
| Deputy2 | Bendt BendtsenLene Espersen |
| Term start2 | 27 November 2001 |
| Term end2 | 5 April 2009 |
| Predecessor2 | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
| Successor2 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Office3 | Leader of Venstre |
| Term start3 | 18 March 1998 |
| Term end3 | 17 May 2009 |
| Predecessor3 | Uffe Ellemann-Jensen |
| Successor3 | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Office4 | Tax Minister of Denmark |
| Term start4 | 10 September 1987 |
| Term end4 | 19 November 1992 |
| Predecessor4 | Isi Foighel |
| Successor4 | Peter Brixtofte |
| Birth date | |
| Birth place | Ginnerup, Denmark |
| Party | Venstre |
| Spouse | Anne-Mette Rasmussen (1978–present) |
| Residence | Brussels, Belgium (Official)Copenhagen, Denmark (Private) |
| Alma mater | University of Aarhus |
| Religion | Danish National Church }} |
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from November 27, 2001 to April 5, 2009.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen was the leader of the Liberal Party (Venstre), and headed a right-wing coalition with the Conservative People's Party which took office in 2001, and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. Rasmussen's government relied on the Danish People's Party for support, in keeping with the Danish tradition for minority government. His government introduced tougher limits on non-ECA immigration and froze tax rates before he took office (the "tax freeze", or skattestoppet in Danish). He has authored several books about taxation and government structure.
In his early career, Rasmussen was a strident critic of the welfare state, writing the classical liberal book From Social State to Minimal State in 1993. However, through the 1990s, his views moved towards the political centre. Under Rasmussen, certain taxes were lowered, but the Conservative coalition partners repeatedly argued for more tax cuts and a flat tax rate at no higher than 50%. Fogh implemented an administrative reform reducing the number of municipalities (kommuner) and replacing the thirteen counties (amter) with five regions. Rasmussen referred to this as "the biggest reform in thirty years".
He is of no relation to either his predecessor, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, or to his successor, Lars Løkke Rasmussen; their shared last name is a very common name in Denmark.
Personal life
Anders Fogh Rasmussen was born in 1952 in Ginnerup, Jylland, to farmer Søren Rasmussen and Marie Rasmussen (née Fogh). His last name is Rasmussen, while Fogh, his mother's maiden name, is his middle name and not considered part of his last name. He is correctly referred to as Rasmussen (not Fogh Rasmussen), unless his full name (including his given name) is used. In Danish media and society, he has often been popularly referred to as Fogh Rasmussen, or merely Anders Fogh, when not referred to by his full name, mainly to distinguish him from other prominent politicians in the country with the same family name.He matriculated in languages and social studies from Viborg Cathedral School, in 1969–1972. A graduate in Economics (1978) of the University of Aarhus, he has been active in politics most of his life. He has authored several books about taxation and government structure. He and his wife Anne-Mette (born 1958) married in 1978 and have three children: Henrik (born 1979), Maria (born 1981) and Christina (born 1984).
As an amateur cyclist, Rasmussen completed part of the notorious Alpe d'Huez stage of the 2008 Tour de France the day after the professional race took place. His attendance at Le Tour was at the invitation of Danish former cyclist Bjarne Riis. Rasmussen is also an avid runner.
Early political career
He has held numerous positions in government and opposition throughout his career, first winning a seat in the Folketing (Danish parliament) in 1978.
Politics
In general, Rasmussen is in favour of centralisation, privatization, and limiting the size of government.Rasmussen wrote the book From Social State to Minimal State () in 1993, in which he advocated an extensive reform of the Danish welfare system along classic liberal lines. In particular, he favors lower taxes and less government interference in corporate and individual matters etc. In 1993 he was awarded the Adam Smith award by the libertarian society Libertas, partly due to him having written From Social State to Minimal State.
Resignation as Minister of Taxation
From 1987 to 1990 he was Minister for Taxation and from 1990 Minister for Economy and Taxation in the Conservative-led Poul Schlüter government.In 1992 Rasmussen resigned from his ministerial posts after a report from a commission of inquiry had decided that he had provided the Folketing with inaccurate and incomplete information regarding his decision to postpone payment of several bills from Regnecentralen and Kommunedata from one accounting year to the next. Rasmussen disagreed with the findings of the commission, but faced with the threat of a motion of no confidence, he decided to leave his posts voluntarily.
2001 election
His Liberal (Venstre) Party won power in the November 2001 election, defeating the Social Democratic government of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and enabling him to form his first Cabinet. That election marked a dramatic change in Danish politics. It was the first time since 1920 that the Social Democratic Party lost its position as the largest party in the Folketing (parliament), mainly due to a loss of working class votes to Dansk Folkeparti (The Danish People's Party).
Prime Minister of Denmark
Following the 2001 election, Venstre formed a government in a parliamentary coalition with the Conservative People's Party to form a minority government with the parliamentary support of Dansk Folkeparti. Together these three parties survived both the 2005 election and the 2007 election.After becoming Prime Minister, Rasmussen distanced himself from his earlier writings and announced the death of neoliberalism during the national elections of 2005. Commonly regarded as being inspired by the previous success of Tony Blair, Rasmussen now seems more in favour of the theories of Anthony Giddens and his third way. There was talk in Libertas of revoking Fogh Rasmussen's award as a result of this, though this never happened.
His government has also enacted tough measures designed to limit the number of immigrants coming to Denmark, specifically as asylumseekers or through arranged marriages. However, the Fogh Rasmussen governments have depended on the support of Dansk Folkeparti, and it is impossible to draw a clear dividing line between the ideology of Fogh Rasmussen and the politics of his government resulting from compromises with Dansk Folkeparti.
Tax reform
After the elections in 2001, Venstre, enacted a total "tax stop," meaning a freeze on any tax increases. Venstre had successfully campaigned by claiming that taxes had been growing constantly during the previous eight years under the Social Democrats. While the overall tax burden was more or less unchanged from 1993 until 2001 , however, there was a shift in the taxation of income, both corporate and personal over to a higher level on personal consumption (especially through the "ecological taxes" (da. grønne afgifter)), which gave the average citizen the impression of rising taxes.This "tax stop" was criticized by the parties on the left wing of Danish politics, allegedly for being "antisocial" and "only for the rich." Since the tax stop also froze the tax of real property (da. ejendomsværdiskat, 1%), it was beneficial to homeowners in the densely populated regions that have experienced an extraordinary increase in the prices of real estate. The tax of real estate is actually limited at a nominal level — not at a relative level. While the rate was one percent when the tax stop was enacted, the actual tax is much less today when the last few years' large increase in property value (+20%/p.a. in large cities) is taken into account. The Danish Economic Council has criticized this as unfairly benefiting current homeowners.
Even though the total tax burden was marginally higher in 2005 than it was in 2001, the tax stop was very popular among voters. Thus, in January 2005, the Social Democrats announced that they accepted the principle of a tax stop until at least one right-wing party was willing to participate in a tax reform.
The tax stop has, however, been ineffective, judging by Venstre's own intentions. The goal of the tax stop was to halt the growth of public expenditures (and halt the growth of taxes), but even with their cuts in public spending (which were considered aggressive by the political left wing), public spending continued to rise by approximately one percentage point above inflation each year.
From 2004 and onwards, minor tax cuts came into effect, on two accounts: # People with jobs got a 3% tax reduction on the 5.5% "bottom tax" (da. bundskat). # An "employment deduction" (da. beskæftigelsesfradrag) was introduced. This initiative is supposed to encourage people to get off welfare and take jobs instead. # The bottom limit of the "middle tax" (da. mellemskat) of 6%, is raised by 12.000 DKK every year, over the next four years. This was supposed to limit the income stresses of middle incomes and families with children.
In 2009 a major tax reform was implemented. The overall marginal tax rate was reduced by 7.5%. In the end, the top tax rate (topskatten) was not changed, but the income level at which it began was raised. This had the effect of removing 350,000 Danes from the top tax bracket. The medium tax rate was eliminated, and the lowest was reduced by 1.5%. Various other tax reforms were enacted such as an increase in the old age pension, incentives for renovation, and various initiatives designed to improve energy efficiency. Finance Minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, called it the biggest reduction in the marginal tax rate since the introduction of income tax in 1903.
Some of the more ambitious elements of the reforms (such as a lowereing of the "top tax" rate) had to be changed or greatly reduced in order to receive the necessary support from the more tax friendly Danish People's Party.
2002 EU Presidency
Rasmussen held the rotating presidency of the European Union from July to December 2002 during which period he proved his dedication to a pro-EU agenda and the guiding principles of the Ellemann-Jensen doctrine. He even pursued it to its logical conclusion by publicly denouncing the Danish collaboration policy during its second World War occupation, being the first Danish prime minister ever to do this. While his predecessors may not have been in favour of it, they had all implicitly maintained that it was 'a good thing', because it had saved Danish lives.During the EU presidency he was involved in a curious episode with then Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. In a joint press conference on 4 October 2002 Silvio Berlusconi said: "Rasmussen is the most handsome prime minister in Europe. I think I will introduce him to my wife because he is even more handsome than Cacciari". Massimo Cacciari is an Italian philosopher and centrist politician opposing Berlusconi, and some gossip tabloids had alleged an affair between him and Berlusconi's second wife Veronica Lario. Rasmussen was puzzled by this remark and Berlusconi quickly told him he'd explain later.
War in Iraq
As Prime Minister, Rasmussen strongly supported the 2003 Iraq War. As in most European countries he faced considerable opposition, both in the parliament and in the general population. Subsequent opinion polls suggested the Danish population's opinion was split on the issue. One vocal protester managed to get into the Danish parliament during the period before the war, where he poured red paint on the prime minister while yelling "Du har blod på dine hænder" (literally: "You have blood on your hands"). A member of the Danish parliament, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, stated that it was a reaction she might have made under the circumstances, although she has later denounced such threatening behaviour against politicians. Denmark was one of only five countries to take part in the actual invasion operations (the others being the USA, UK, Poland and Australia) though the contingent mainly consisted of two minor warships and staff and radio units, that were never involved in actual combat. In the months after the initial phase of the war, Danish troops participated in the multi-national force stationed in Iraq. Approximately 550 Danish troops were stationed in Iraq from 2004 and into 2007, first at "Camp Dannevang" and later at "Camp Einherjer", both near Basra. When the contingent of troops left around August 2007, it was not replaced and Denmark has shifted its focus to non-military support around Baghdad. The official reason being provided is that the Iraqi government should now be able to handle the security in the Basra area. Critics of Fogh Rasmussen argue that the withdrawal was motivated by a decreasing domestic support for the war.
In 2004 Rasmussen's government came under attack based on questions of how much intelligence it had with regard to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. The government held hearings, and was forced to publish classified reports it had consulted about the likelihood of banned weapons existing in Iraq. While the Blair and Bush administrations have been the subject of criticism for extended periods because of their reliance on questionable intelligence, Rasmussen has managed to stay clear of this potential government crisis. This is probably largely because the motion passed by parliament (Folketinget) authorising the deployment of Danish troops states as the reason for the deployment Iraq's continued refusal to cooperate with UN inspectors in violation of the UN Security Council's resolution. The Danish deployment of troops was thus not formally based on a claim that Iraq had WMD's.
In a comment to the media Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated as one of the reasons to support a military intervention, "Irak har masseødelæggelsesvåben. Det er ikke noget vi tror. Vi ved det. Irak har selv indrømmet, at det har haft sennepsgas, nervegas, miltbrand, men Saddam vil ikke afregne. Han vil ikke fortælle os, hvor og hvordan de våben er blevet destrueret. Det ved vi fra FN's inspektører, så der er ingen tvivl i mit sind." (In English: "Iraq has WMDs. It is not something we think, it is something we know. Iraq has itself admitted that it has had mustard gas, nerve gas, anthrax, but Saddam won't disclose. He won't tell us where and how these weapons have been destroyed. We know this from the UN inspectors, so there is no doubt in my mind.").
The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) had produced a classified report stating that it had no absolute proof of WMDs in Iraq. Rasmussen had access to this report and used it in other parts of his decision making. Since the presence of WMDs in Iraq has now been refuted, Rasmussen has focused almost exclusively on the tyrannical nature of Saddam Hussein's regime. A former FE analyst, Major Frank Grevil, was sentenced to four months in prison for leaking the information to the press. Grevil argues that Rasmussen has either lied about or misunderstood the content of the secret reports in his presentations to the parliament. During Rasmussen's administrations, Denmark has also deployed troops to Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo. All three missions have only met minor political opposition. Rasmussen as a prime minister rejected insistent demands from the opposition that there should be investigations into the Denmark's involvement in the Iraq war, similar to the ones in the USA and the UK, on the grounds that the his government took arms against Saddam not because of possible arms possessed, but because of Saddam's failure to comply with UN resolutions.
Gay marriage
Civil unions between gay couples have been legal in Denmark since 1989. In January 2004, Rasmussen stated his belief that homosexuals should be able to be married in religious ceremonies, which is not currently allowed in the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Denmark, but he has said it should be up to religious communities to decide whether to perform ceremonies for gay couples.
2005 election
On January 18, 2005 Rasmussen called an election for February 8, 2005. He delayed the call by a couple of weeks because of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake which killed several Danes. His government had been criticized by a few Danes for what they thought was a slow response to that crisis, although a clear majority applauded the government's way of dealing with the disaster.Although his party's support was reduced from the 2001 election, resulting in the loss of four seats, Venstre was able to maintain its coalition after the election through gains by other parties, and on February 18 Rasmussen formed the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II.
Rasmussen received the most "personal votes" ever of any politician in the Folketing (Denmark's Parliament) with 61,792.
Muhammad cartoons and Danish goods boycott
A major period of conflict in Rasmussen's political career concerned a set of cartoons printed in Jyllands-Posten, a major Danish newspaper. In September 2005 the newspaper printed a full page with 12 cartoons depicting various interpretations of Muhammad, including one in which Muhammad appeared with a bomb in his turban. Some of the schools of the Islamic religion do not allow depiction of the figure of Mohammed. Some Muslims found the cartoons offensive. Rasmussen denied a request from 11 ambassadors of Middle-Eastern countries to discuss the issue. Rasmussen has described the controversy as Denmark's worst international crisis since World War II. He was quoted, saying, later, that he "was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by some Muslims as an attempt by Denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards Islam or Mohammed."
Municipal reform
One of the main initiatives of Rasmussen's government was the introduction of a municipal reform, the aim of which was the geographic and administrative consolidation of smaller municipalities, and the abolishment of counties. Major areas of public services, such as the national health service was in turn consolidated into five regional bodies, while the number of municipalities was reduced from 271 to 98. The reform was ratified on June 16, 2005 and was effective as of January 1, 2007.
2007 election
At 11:30pm on November 13, 2007, the day of the election, Anders Fogh Rasmussen claimed victory on the basis of almost complete results. By the morning of November 14, 2007, after results came through from the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Fogh Rasmussen's centre-right coalition of the Liberals, the Conservative People's Party and the Danish People's Party had obtained the 90 seats required for him to continue as Prime Minister, making him the longest-ruling Liberal Prime Minister of Denmark.
Resignation
After being confirmed as the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that he would resign as Prime Minister of Denmark on 5 April, 2009.
NATO Secretary General
Shortly following his second reelection in 2007, rumours began to spread in the Danish media that Rasmussen was a candidate for several high-profiled international jobs. At first rumour had it that he was informally one of the top candidates for the new position of President of the EU, which could be created when the Lisbon Treaty would come in to effect. Following the Irish rejection of the treaty in June 2008, it became obvious that this position would not be created in the near future, and so the talk in the Danish media began to revolve around Rasmussen's candidacy to the position of Secretary General of NATO. In winter and spring of 2009, fueled by Rasmussen's frequent travelling, these rumours intensified. Rasmussen denied being a candidate for any international position up until a few days before the official announcement of his selection was made.Anders Fogh Rasmussen became the 12th NATO Secretary General on August 1, 2009, succeeding Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, who held the post from 2004 until 2009. The announcement was made on April 4, 2009, at the 2009 Strasbourg–Kehl summit in Strasbourg. During the final selection process only one country, Turkey, remained opposed to Rasmussen's candidacy, partly because of his handling of the cartoon episode in 2005, when the publication in some Danish newspapers of cartoons of Muhammad caused violent protests. Another major point of Turkey's opposition was Denmark's tolerance of Roj TV, which is claimed by the Turkish government to be a mouthpiece for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Eventually, Turkey withdrew its opposition to Rasmussen's appointment when it received assurances from U.S. president Barack Obama that Turkish officials would be appointed to three high posts in NATO.
After taking up his duty as NATO Secretary General on 1 August 2009, Rasmussens first mission was a visit to Afghanistan, where he met with President Karzai and senior Afghan ministers, including Minister for Foreign Affairs Spanta, Minister for Defence General Wardak, and Minister of Interior Atmar to discuss the then impending presidential and provincial council elections in the country.
In April 2011 in relation to the 2011 Libyan civil war Rasmussen said that on the day NATO started taking command of the mission against the Gaddafi regime in Libya, its boss has ruled out arming the rebels. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the coalition under his control is clear about its mission. "We are not in Libya to arm people. We are in Libya to protect civilians against attacks," he said.
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a list of foghorn clips from San Pedro, CA.- Foghorn 1 is a good example of a diaphone.
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Location of foghorns that can still be heard in UK
A foghorn or fog signal or fog bell is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of hazards or boats of the presence of other vehicles in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport. When visual navigation aids such as lighthouses are obscured, foghorns provide an audible warning of rocks, shoals, headlands, or other dangers to shipping.
History
Early fog signals
Audible fog signals have been used in one form or another for hundreds of years, initially simply bells or gongs struck manually.
At some lighthouses, a small cannon was let off periodically to warn away ships, but this had the obvious disadvantage of having to be fired manually throughout the whole period the fog persisted (which could be for several days). In the United States, whistles were also used where a source of steam power was available, though Trinity House, the British Lighthouse Authority, did not employ them, preferring an explosive signal.
Throughout the 19th century efforts were made to automate the signalling process. Trinity House eventually developed a system (the "Signal, Fog, Mk I") for firing a gun-cotton charge electrically. However, the charge had to be manually replaced after each signal. At Portland Bill, for example, which had a 5-minute interval between fog-signals, this meant the horns had to be lowered, the 2 new charges inserted, and the horns raised again every 5 minutes during foggy periods. Clockwork systems were also developed for striking bells.
Captain James William Newton claimed to have been the inventor of the fog signalling technique using loud and low notes.
Robert Foulis, the Daboll Trumpet
The first automated steam-powered foghorn was invented by Robert Foulis, a Scotsman who emigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Foulis is said to have heard his daughter playing the piano in the distance on a foggy night, and noticed the low notes were more audible than the higher notes: he then designed a device to produce a low-frequency sound, as well as a code system for use with it. After repeated representations to the New Brunswick legislature, Foulis's fog signal was installed on Partridge Island in 1859 by a T. T. Vernon-Smith; Foulis himself was involved in legal battles over his invention for the remainder of his life.
The development of fog signal technology continued apace at the end of the 19th Century. During the same period an inventor, Celadon Leeds Daboll, developed a coal-powered foghorn called the Daboll trumpet for the American lighthouse service, though it was not universally adopted. A few Daboll trumpets remained in use until the mid 20th century.
All foghorns use a vibrating column of air to create an audible tone, but the method of setting up this vibration differs. Some horns, like the Daboll trumpet, used vibrating plates or metal reeds, a similar principle to a modern electric car horn. Others utilised air forced through holes in a revolving cylinder or disk, in the same manner as a siren. Semi-automatic operation of foghorns was achieved by using a clockwork mechanism (or 'coder') to open the valves admitting air to the horns; each horn was given its own characteristics to help mariners identify their position.
One of the first automated fog bells was the Stevens Automatic Bell Striker.
Some later fog bells were placed under water, particularly in especially dangerous areas, so that their sound (which would be a predictable set, such as the number "23") would be carried further and reverberate through the ship's hull. See, White Shoal Light (Michigan). This was an earlier precursor to RACON.
In the United Kingdom, experiments to develop more effective foghorns were carried out by John Tyndall and Lord Rayleigh, amongst others. The latter's ongoing research for Trinity House culminated in a design for a siren with a large trumpet designed to achieve maximum sound propagation, installed in Trevose Head Lighthouse, Cornwall in 1913.
The diaphone
From the early 20th century a device called the diaphone, invented by John Northey of Toronto, became the standard foghorn apparatus for new installations. Diaphones were powered by compressed air and could emit extremely powerful low-frequency notes.
In 1982, the Dutch broadcaster VPRO aired a live foghorn concert on national radio, relaying the sound of the foghorns in Emden, Calais, Nieuwpoort, Scheveningen, Den Helder, Lelystad, Urk, Marken and Kornwerderzand.
Replacement of foghorns
Since automation of lighthouses became common in the 1960s and 1970s, most older foghorn installations have been removed to avoid the need to run the complex machinery associated with them, and have been replaced with electrically-powered diaphragm or compressed air horns. Activation is completely automated: a laser or photo beam is shot out to sea, and if the beam reflects back to the source (i.e., the laser beam is visible due to the fog), the sensor tells a computer to activate the foghorn. In many cases, modern navigational aids have rendered large, long-range foghorns completely unnecessary, according to the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
Railway fog signals
Fog signals have also been used on railway lines since the middle of the 19th century to indicate to the driver of a moving train that a broken down train, a work party or some other unforeseen hazard is on the line ahead. They are small explosive detonators or torpedoes which are placed on the track and detonated by the pressure of the wheels of the oncoming train. The loud report of the explosion provides the indication to the driver that in most cases requires the train to be stopped immediately. During World War II these devices were modified to detonate demolition charges during railroad sabotage operations.
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