Robert talks to Robert Hunter, the U-S ambassador to NATO, about changes to the structure of the organization announced today. In order to respond more effectively to post-cold war instabilities, NATO will move its focus from containing Russian influence to responding to problems within Europe. One new aspect of the plan involves "combined joint task forces" in which two or more NATO countries could form a force using their own troops and borrowing materiel from the U-S. The restructuring gives European nations a higher profile within NATO and in NATO exercises.
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