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	French Views on Missile Defense -- US-France Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French officials and experts agree with the US assessment of the growing threat of proliferation, although they differ on the level, timing and nature of the threat.
		The French position on missile defense is often misunderstood in Washington.
		French experts acknowledge that bilateral and multilateral agreements aimed at curbing proliferation are not a panacea.
	www.brookings.edu /fp/cusf/analysis/missd.htm (2287 words)

	SOFEX - French Defense Minister praises Jordan's peace efforts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French Defense Minister Michele Alliot Marie paid tribute to Jordan for its policy of peace and emphasized a commitment to a strong relationship between the two countries based on their common values.
		The defense minister said the world faced an increasing number of international crises and new threats, pointing to the unstable environment in the Middle East and escalation of violence in Iraq.
		Speaking at the Defense News SOFEX conference in Amman on April 26, Brigadier General Ahmed Sarhan Al-Faqeeh said there was no better way for neighboring countries and allied forces to fight global terrorism than by working collectively in the areas of security, intelligence and special operations.
	www.sofex.com.jo /french_defense_minister.shtm (948 words)

	DEFENDING FRENCH DEFENSE by Michael Spirtas
		In 1997 the French considerably outspent the British on defense, 41.5 billion dollars to 35.7 billion even though their GDPs were similar (1.4 trillion dollars for France and 1.3 trillion for the British)..
		Defense reforms started in 1994 are beginning to transform the army into a meaner and leaner fighting force.
		Defense Minister Alain Richard is phasing out the system of conscription and is creating a smaller, more skilled military, with a reserve force similar to those found in the United States and in Great Britain.
	www.adetocqueville.com /cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+1068 (548 words)

	Embassy of France in the US -National Defense
		French destroyer “Dupleix” has distributed 180 tons of supplies and treated some 370 local people on the northern and southern atolls of the Maldives.
		In addition, 200 French troops in Chad contribute to the stabilization of the Chad/Sudan border through patrols in Chad and along the border between the two countries.
		Two French Army officers are part of the Abeche monitoring team, and two more French army officers are working with the AU planning unit in Addis Ababa; while the American C130 carrying the African troops to Darfur were refuelled by French forces in Abeche, Chad, and
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/defense.asp (2022 words)

	Embassy of France in the U.S. - Reform of French National Defense
		It is against this background that the various aspects of the reform of French defense become fully meaningful.
		The significant impact of the restructuring measures on military personnel themselves and on the towns and regions where units were quartered necessitated wide-scale arrangements for economic and social support, and the conversion of redundant military barracks to civilian use.
		The French armed forces, despite being in the process of adapting their format and organization, were able to play a full and effective part in the settlement of a major crisis.
	www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/ref_def.asp (2700 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His current work, "French Defense 2: New and Forgotten Ideas", is an update to the 1988 edition, with more and longer games.
		Nonetheless, this is a serious piece of opening literature intended primarily for the French Defense aficionado or the player seeking a collection of miniature games.
		"French Defense 2" is not recommended, however, for a player wishing to learn the opening from scratch.
	members.aol.com /elcc90/chess1/review/fd2.txt (1486 words)

	Pave France - The British Need More Parking
		PARIS November 7, 2005 (AFP) - Medef [Le Mouvement des Entreprises de France] chief Laurence Parisot, talking on French radio, said that the image of France "is deeply damaged, it is all a matter of the question of the attractiveness of France which is laid open".
		Whereas the visitation of a natural disaster on America demonstrated to the French press's satisfaction the failure and heartlessness of America, the social disaster visited on France by France is simply 'mort pour rien' riots.
		That the French riots are widely recognized as the manifest failure, decades in the making, of successive governments points beyond politics and parties and policies to a fundamental racism belieing vaunted Republican values.
	www.pavefrance.com (7596 words)

	Marine Corps Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is the center of French intellectual military study and is comprised of several senior-level professional military schools.
		Although the French officers are very polite and patient with those trying to learn their language, they strongly admire those who can grasp the many subtleties and nuances of their language.
		The French are also very liberal with permitting students back seat rides in their jets, as well as letting students volunteer to spend a week afloat, visiting a unit, or spending a week in the field.
	www.mca-marines.org /Gazette/2004/04rogers.html (3652 words)

	Arms Control Association: Arms Control Today: French Defense Policy: Gaullism Meets the PostCold War World
		In the spring of 1994, Mitterrand and many French analysts apparently interpreted the CJTF initiative as a sign that the United States was preparing to back away from its active leadership of NATO, leaving a vacuum that France could fill by leading its Western European colleagues into the breach.
		Even though the strategic nuclear capability remained critical to future French defense independence, nuclear forces clearly were not as important as they had been during the Cold War, and the French capabilities could be rationalized to match the new strategic realities as well as fiscal constraints.
		At the end of the process, Chirac hopes to have reduced French defense manpower from Cold War levels of around 500,000 to some 350,000, and to be able to deploy up to 30,000 troops abroad plus one further brigade in a separate location at any one time.
	www.armscontrol.org /act/1997_04/SLOAN.asp?print (4340 words)

	ABC News: French Insurgents in Iraq Concern Official (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French officials have said the arrests were aimed partly at ensuring that suspected would-be militants do not receive combat training and experience in Iraq that could make them a threat at home if they survive.
		Alliot-Marie, who has been defense minister for the last two years, is considered a rising star of French politics and media have speculated that she could one day become prime minister a prospect she declined to comment on.
		The defense minister spoke to the AP ahead of a Feb. 9-10 meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Riviera city of Nice.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=448442&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (582 words)

	Asia Times: Paris cozies up to Moscow to counterbalance German power
		French Defense Minister Alain Richard's recent visit to Moscow confirms French efforts to forge closer ties with Russia.
		French Defense Minister Alain Richard's visit to Moscow on January 17-18 formalized an extensive and intensive program of strategic and military-technical collaboration.
		The defense ministries agreed to hold top-level military exchanges, joint military exercises, military education exchanges, and to increase cooperation in the defense sector.
	www.atimes.com /c-asia/CB15Ag01.html (829 words)

	French defense minister arrives in Haiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie arrived here Thursday for a one-day visit in which she will meet Haiti's president and prime minister and visit French troops helping maintain order after the tumultuous ouster of president Jean Bertrand Aristide.
		Haitian Foreign Minister Yvon Simeon greeted Alliot-Marie at the airport, and she was then taken by a French military helicopter to the police academy.
		French troops make up nearly a third of the strength of a UN-approved multinational force deployed in Haiti to ensure security while an interim government under Latortue takes charge.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040415134655.zpvub5wk.html (194 words)

	DefenseLINK News: U.S., French Defense Leaders Meet at Pentagon
		Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld hosted a meeting with French Defense Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie today at the Pentagon, the third in as many months.
		The French minister came to Washington in January to meet with the U.S. defense secretary before the U.S. presidential inauguration.
		The French minister said she believes it’s important for U.S. and French defense leaders to meet regularly.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/03/mil-050310-afps01.htm (322 words)

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		French Defense Minister Charles Millon pledged yesterday to revive the 1994 defense cooperation accord with Israel, saying he wants to increase sales of military equipment between the two countries.
		French officials said this was an exchange of the Dolphin for the Hunter.
		However, the 1994 defense cooperation agreement has led to some efforts, including a high-level strategic dialogue between the defense ministries of both countries.
	www.chn-net.com /news/mideastc.html (899 words)

	ChessAssistance.com Modern Chess Openings: French Defense
		However, with the release of this French Defense CD by GM Alexander Kalinin, Convekta has finally decided up the ante, so to speak.
		This CD is meant as a reference work and study aid, and does not make recommendations for a unified repertoire (in which case, you'd need to learn other, e4-related openings as well).
		It is however, a very comprehensive reference work on the French, with many advanced features that make opening study easier.
	www.chessassistance.com /News/French_Defense_Kalinin.html (1184 words)

	French Defense Minister Chides Rumsfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		France's defense minister criticized her American counterpart, Donald Rumsfeld, in an interview published Saturday as someone who considers the United States the world's only military, economic and financial power.
		The French minister voiced concern over U.S. industrial might and tactics she said were akin to "economic war." She called on Europeans to "regroup" to better withstand the competition.
		The french peddled disinformation against the Americans before the war -- this is a war for oil, Resolution 1441 does not authorize military action, George Bush is "cowboy," etc. -- at the very least, they now deserve some of their own.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/929182/posts (3419 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: French Plays Defense -- Nov. 08, 2004
		A decade after the government of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur passed a law requiring the use of French in all government documents, business contracts, restaurant menus and advertisements, the champions of francophonie again have their culottes in a twist over the threat posed by the rampant spread of English.
		Despite France's annual $1 billion budget to promote French internationally, the language ranks 11th in terms of number of speakers and is flagging.
		So the French establishment is fighting back in the way it knows best — with passionate denunciations that deny reality rather than adapt to it.
	time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901041108-749341,00.html (842 words)

	Chess openings: French Defense (C00)
		The main difference with the mainline french variations is that fl doesn't have the typical c5-break.
		I also dont like facing the French as white and wondered how viable this opening is. It has a good score in the opening database.
		I know I probably shouldn't be playing the French, but it may turn out that it's a good defense for me. I have to give it a try.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessopening?eco=C00 (1192 words)

	DoD News: Secretary Rumsfeld Press Availability with French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is a pleasure to have with me the minister of defense of France, and to welcome you back to Washington.
		We certainly appreciated the hospitality that the French government and the minister provided when we were in Nice recently for a NATO meeting.
		We have a complicated set of laws and procedures with the Department of State, the White House, the Department of Commerce, the -- and the -- whatever sale you're referring to clearly went through all of the hoops and hurdles that were required for that to be announced.
	www.defenselink.mil /transcripts/2005/tr20050310-secdef2261.html (1333 words)

	French Views on Missile Defense -- Justin Vaisse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French experts and officials accept that risks are increasing, and point out instances-Iraqi nuclear capacities and North Korean ballistic capacities — in which Western intelligence estimates have proved to be overly optimistic.
		These systems could also be used to defend Southern Europe, and to protect European troops — in particular Europe's forthcoming 60,000-troop Rapid Reaction Force — operating in remote theaters.The French Ministry of Defense has included a theater missile defense system in its next five-year plan.
		Thus from the French perspective the benefits of an NMD shield for the United States are, at best, unclear.
	www.brook.edu /printme.wbs?page=/fp/cuse/analysis/missd.htm (1998 words)

	SPACE.com -- France, Russia Cooperating on Military Technology, French Defense Minister Says
		France and Russia also jointly analyze the problem of "observing the movement of space objects so as to be aware of the activity in the space and exchange information on this score," the minister noted.
		The European defense industry is operating in market conditions and must be cost-effective, which should be taken into account when talking about military technical cooperation with Russia, the minister said.
		The EU is open to cooperation and the exchange of opinions with Russia on this issue, he said, pointing out that this European defense structure "will not be an alternative to NATO." Joint participation in the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo is a manifestation of fruitful cooperation between France and Russia, Richard said.
	www.space.com /news/russofrench_defense_0101022.html?Enews=y (375 words)

	French Arms Sales to China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a recent series of visits to EU capitals, State and Defense Department officials are warning that lifting the embargo on arms sales to Beijing would bring a swift reaction by the United States.
		French President Jacques Chirac, who stated during a visit to Beijing that the EU should remove the arms embargo, caused the latest tension.
		U.S. defense officials are concerned that China, Iran or independent terrorists may use the European navigation system to attack U.S. or allied forces.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2004/11/10/151219.shtml (1124 words)

	Sixth Indo-French defense high committee meets
		According to a press release of India`s Press Information Bureau (PIB), a copy of which is received by IRNA on Saturday, the meeting was co-chaired by India`s Defense Secretary Ajay Prasad and Personal Representative of the French Defense Minister Jean-Francois Thibault.
		Defense related interactions such as the joint Air exercise Garuda and the forthcoming joint Naval exercise Varuna were discussed.
		Training course in respect of various disciplines of engineering and technology and exchange of trainees on industry and research centers was also offered by the French side.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/11/mil-031122-irna01.htm (255 words)

	DefenseNews.com - French Defense Minister Arrives in Afghanistan for New Year - 12/30/04 09:19
		French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie arrived Dec. 30 in Afghanistan, where she will see in the New Year with a contingent of troops from her own country.
		From there she will visit some 200 French special forces who are in Afghanistan alongside U.S.-led troops.
		She will return to Kabul on Dec. 31 for talks with Afghan authorities and to celebrate New Year with around 900 French soldiers stationed in the Afghan capital as part of the peacekeeping International Security Assistance Force.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=577312&C=asiapac (151 words)

	France to sign defense contracts with Doha
		The French source was quoted as saying these contracts will be organized between the French and Qatari authorities at a high-ranking level through setting up a committee including the armies' chiefs of staff in the two countries.
		The source indicated that French - Qatari military maneuvers will be carried out on October 21 - 22 in which some 600 French soldiers are taking part in the course of defense agreements between the two countries.
		French military equipment constitutes 80% of that of the Qatari forces, which number 10,000 soldiers.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/981019/1998101909.html (226 words)

	DefenseNews.com - France, Djibouti Relations Solid, French Defense Minister Says - 09 July, 2004 16:42
		France and Djibouti have solid and mutually beneficial relations, French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said July 9 after talks with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh.
		Alliot-Marie said she also discussed economic cooperation issues with Guelleh, including the ongoing project to expand the port in the city of Djibouti, one of very few deepwater ports in the Horn of Africa region.
		The French defense minister praised the Djibouti port as “one of the safest in the region because of the presence of French troops”.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=3080629&C=mideast (322 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| French lawyer 'to defend Saddam'
		A French lawyer who made his reputation defending some of the world's most notorious figures says he will take on Saddam Hussein as his latest client.
		Mr Verges, now 79, was born in Thailand to a French father and a Vietnamese mother, and grew up on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, where he is said to have acquired his fiercely anti-colonialist views, our correspondent says.
		During the Algerian war of independence he defended Algerians accused of terrorism against France, and married one of his clients who was jailed for planting bombs in cafes in Algiers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3574503.stm (461 words)

	French media, defense chief Lagardere dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jean-Luc Lagardere, head of the media group of the same name and a leading figure in the restructuring of Europe's defense industry, died on Friday, the Lagardere group said.
		Lagardere was widely expected to be replaced by his son Arnaud, currently co-chief executive officer of the company, in charge of media activities.
		The Lagardere empire spanned the media, aeronautics and defense industries and, until recently, automobiles.
	hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1839111 (217 words)

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