The Pentagon report also says the global economic crisis and the fall in the price of oil may affect the Iraqi government's ability to provide funding for defense and economic development.

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The Secretary of State said she is working to integrate U.S.aid efforts more closely with diplomacy and defense operations abroad without politicizing aid programs saying the "3-D's" - development, diplomacy and defense must be mutually-reinforcing.

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President Obama also mothballed or killed several other missile defense development programs.

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During its tenure, the group has helped mediate conflicts between member countries, aided in disaster response, and fostered collaboration on collective defense and development projects.

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With the widely perceived abeyance of the Soviet threat, nearly every Western democracy has chosen to slacken the pace with which it pursues defense research and development.

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