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Despite the criticism of the Blair Government by Euro-sceptics over joining the new European defense force, the US has voiced its approval, thus negating the claim that it would harm NATO and the alliance between Britain and America. To demonstrate their support, the US Secretary of State, Ms. Madeleine Albright, and the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Robin Cook, co-wrote an article in The Observer today stating that Europe is moving in the “right direction,” and that their respective governments “fully support Europe's common security and defence policy.”
Saturday, 25 November, 2000