If a planned force contains around 3,000 men, then our contribution would be two or three companies.

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We must not allow the slightest breath of suspicion to arise that we want to quit NATO, ... the business of NATO alone.

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There is no military planning for Iraq, even if this country presents a real problem for international security, ... We have no room for a new engagement.

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It should be the damned duty of a friendly nation to inform their partner.

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