The Americans provide still more advanced military assets and equipment; the Europeans are lagging behind. And eventually it will be difficult to co-operate even if you had the political will to co-operate because of the technological gap.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 26th January, 1953 |
| Nationality: | Danish |
| Profession: | Politician, Prime Minister |
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen was born in Ginnerup, Jutland. He is a Danish politician who serves as the 12th Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009. Rasmussen was the leader of the Liberal Party , and headed a center right-wing coalition with the Conservative People's Party which took office in November 2001 and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. He matriculated in languages and social studies from Viborg Cathedral School, in 1969–1972 and studied Economics at the University of Aarhus, graduating in 1978. He has been active in politics most of his life and has authored several books about taxation and government structure.
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