Some Info re: Secretary Clinton’s Address Tonight to the NATO Strategic Concept Seminar

Well I could not find any pictures from today at all so far, but at the press briefing today, P. J. Crowley elaborated a bit about the speech that Hillary is giving at the Ritz Carlton as I am typing this. As soon as the video and text are available, I will post them. I wish this were being televised. Emphasis below is mine. I am wondering if she will mention the Dutch coalition government collapse. I think she might touch on it, but in another part of the briefing, Crowley emphasized the internal nature of that situation. The link to the full briefing is below.

Daily Press Briefing

Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary
Daily Press Briefing
Washington, DC

February 22, 2010

This evening, Secretary Clinton will address the NATO Strategic Concept Seminar here in Washington. She will reflect on the need to update the common vision of the most successful alliance in history, one that has had influence far beyond the borders of its member states. But she will recognize that NATO needs to continue to adapt to new circumstances, whether that involves out-of-area operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, combating piracy off the Horn of Africa, countering the missile threat in the Middle East, preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, or in the future cyber attacks and energy disruptions.

To succeed, NATO’s relationship with international institutions, global democracies, and other countries with overlapping interests will also need to evolve. Central to that is NATO’s relationship with Russia. She will reiterate that while Russia faces security challenges, NATO is not one of them. She will pledge again that NATO will keep its doors open to new members and encourage reform on the political as well as military side of the alliance.