“As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq.” MadeForceTrainingCommitmentMeetingsIraqLiberationNatoWarsaw Author:Barack Obama
“I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment to NATO as the foundation for our international security I think is very important.” ThinkingDoeImportantPresidentSecurityTrumpCommitmentFoundationInternationalNational SecurityNatoInsistence Author:Barack Obama
“We're committed to NATO. From the conversations I've already had with President [Donald] Trump over the phone, he has shown to me his commitment to NATO as well.” WellsPresidentTrumpConversationCommitmentPhonesCommittedNato Author:Theresa May
“Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that's not how it's heard over there. In China, his message is being interpreted as the sound of an exhausted America, an America that is seeking to withdraw from its commitments to NATO, to holding up, for instance, human rights around the world.” WorldHumansHardAmericaSoundRightsHeardTrumpMessagesCommitmentHuman RightsSeekingChinaInstanceAround The WorldExhaustedNato Author:Evan Osnos
“U.S. commitment to NATO and our commitments our European partners is not an act of charity. It's not a gift that we give to our European partners. It's actually part of our security, as well, and their security is our security.” GivingWellsSecurityCommitmentCharityPartnersNatoActs Of Charity Author:Derek Chollet
“While pursuing those relations with Russia, which are important - Russia is an important country - it is also important to stand by your friends and allies in Europe, defend your treaty commitment to NATO allies, stand by the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. It's not whether we pursue relations with Russia when we need to, but what we're willing to give them in order to have that very, very good relationship that Donald Trump seems to be talking about.” GivingImportantCountryIntegrityCommitmentRelationVery GoodSovereigntyNatoGood Relationship Author:Philip Gordon
“I have no doubt that the U.S., even under Trump, will stick to the mutual defense commitment in the NATO treaty in the event of an emergency. Trump described NATO as being obsolete during his election campaign, but he made clear afterward that he considers the alliance to be an indispensable necessity.” DoubtCommitmentElectionMutualNato Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“The American financial and military commitment really only kicks in with Korea. Not that Korea was the real game for the Americans; their real fear was that this was just the prelude to a second Korea in Germany. We now know from the Soviet archives that the last thing Stalin was going to do was start a war in Central Europe. The Americans didn't know that, and it was the fear that he might which transformed NATO from a sort of shell game into a real military alliance. That total commitment basically transformed the Marshal Plan into military aid.” WarRealMilitaryCommitmentFinancialAidsSovietNato Author:Tony Judt
“We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.” FunnyPoliticalPoliticsStupidFoolCommitmentEuropeWittyStupidityDumbFirmGoreNatoBushismFunny Bush Author:Dan Quayle