'We need a more European NATO': Rasmussen warns US is 'turning its back on Europe'
François Picard is pleased to welcome former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Warning that the US is in the process of "turning its back on Europe", Rasmussen said that "Europe must take care of its own affairs".
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