And for six decades, NATO has been the most successful alliance in human history.

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As members of the most successful alliance in human history, our commitment to our common defense is also a pillar of global security, from completing our mission in Afghanistan to preventing terrorist attacks to achieving our vision of a world without nuclear weapons.

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White House spokesman Ari Fleischer urged the Northern Alliance to respect human rights and efforts to establish a governing coalition.

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They showed video of that launch an well as discussed their plans for creating human rated vehicles to create an alternative to Russian Soyuz spacecraft for human flights to the ISS. The United Launch Alliance has had 62 successful satellite launches since 2006 and it is working on a human-rated Atlas rocket launch by 2015-2016.

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The Countryside Alliance, a lobbying group, is preparing to challenge the ban under human rights law.

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