The United States has pushed for a greater allied combat presence in the country.

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The United States has pushed for a greater allied combat presence in the country, and Afghanistan is expected to top the agenda when NATO heads of state gather in Romania in early April.

CNN: France offers more troops for Afghanistan

But there is no other country I would rather be allied with.

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It was an Allied victory over Hitler, but no country paid a greater price than the Soviet Union, which lost an estimated 27 million people in four years of fighting.

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This augurs an important geostrategic shift, considering that Egypt is the most populous and influential Arab country, and has long been closely allied with the West, especially the United States.

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In addition, the country of 4 million has dozens of smaller militias allied with political factions.

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For the past two years we have been meeting with cyber and physical security professionals from all over the country and in a number of foreign venues to plan the camp and its allied Security Intelligence Lab.

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