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In the News (Mon 4 Jun 12)

  
  Den forsvarsløse Krohn Devold
Krohn Devold er den som oftest pekes ut. Det er dypt urettferdig mot Kristin Krohn Devold.
Heller ikke finnes det noen verifiserbare fakta som knytter Krohn Devold til den omdiskuterte lekkasjen.
Selv om de to erfarne journalistene som har signert artikkelen burde ant uråd når en av kildene presterer å si at Krohn Devold "var jo den eneste i regjeringen med en fortrolig kontakt i den amerikanske administrasjonen".
www.aftenposten.no /meninger/kommentarer/article1522875.ece?service=print   (571 words)

  
 Krohn Devold dumps NATO candidacy - Aftenposten.no
Kristin Krohn Devold is effectively withdrawing her candidacy for the top NATO post.
Krohn Devold has been widely viewed as a leading candidate to succeed the current secretary general of NATO, Lord George Robertson, who will step down at the end of the year.
Krohn Devold said she'll take the opportunity to back the Dutch candidate, adding that she thinks he can unite the alliance even though NATO members from southern Europe may think it's their turn to win the top job.
www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article623397.ece   (477 words)

  
  Kristin Krohn Devold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristin Krohn Devold (born in Ålesund, August 12, 1961) is a Norwegian politician.
She is the former Norwegian Minister of Defence, a position she has held since 2001.
Krohn Devold has a Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Bergen, 1985.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kristin_Krohn_Devold   (140 words)

  
 Odinarkiv - The Norwegian Minister of Defence Mrs. Kristin Krohn Devold visits the United States
Krohn Devold will have political discussions with her American colleagues as well as other key representatives of the U.S. administration.
Krohn Devold will also pay a visit to USCENTCOM in Florida, headquarter of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan where she will be given a briefing on the current situation in Afghanistan.
Krohn Devold will be available for the press during her stay.
www.dep.no /fd/english/news/news/010011-070158/dok-bn.html   (166 words)

  
 Krohn Devold met Condoleeza Rice (Norway - the official site in the United States)
Devold added that there should not be any doubt as to whether a new Iraqi government would be established on time.
Kristin Krohn Devold was in Washington, DC during Norway's National Day on May 17, and was the natural guest of honor at the annual "Søttende Mai" breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence.
Kristin Krohn Devold, the Norwegian Defense Minister, outside the White House on May 18.
www.norway.org /News/archive/2004/200402devold_rice.htm   (657 words)

  
 Kristin Krohn Devold -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kristin Krohn Devold (born in (additional info and facts about Ålesund) Ålesund, August 12, 1961) is a (A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway) Norwegian politician.
Krohn Devold has a (A master's degree in science) Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration ((additional info and facts about NHH) NHH), (A port city in southwestern Norway) Bergen, 1985.
She was elected Member of Parliament ((additional info and facts about Storting) Stortinget) 1993- (additional info and facts about 97) 97, 1997-2001, 2001- (additional info and facts about 05) 05, representing (The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast) Oslo.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/kr/kristin_krohn_devold.htm   (158 words)

  
 Vil granske Krohn Devold
BER OM GRANSKNING: Tidligere forsvarsminister Kristin Krohn Devolds nære forhold til kontreadmiral Atle Karlsvik kan bli gransket.
Devold og Karlsvik gikk sammen på Forsvarets Høgskole i 2000, og har etterpå pleiet forholdet ved flere anledninger.
Krohn Devold vil ikke kommentere påstandene om at hun har fått utbetalt for mye i diett.
www.vg.no /pub/vgart.hbs?artid=297688   (891 words)

  
 Who's Afraid of Norway?
Devold, meanwhile, gazes dreamily out the window, her paratrooper boots propped leisurely on the chopper's deck, a huge smile on her face.
Devold, one of only two female defense ministers among the 19 NATO nations (Michele Alliot-Marie of France is the other), has been determined to do just that, initiating a shake-up of the Norwegian military establishment shortly after taking over the armed services in late 2001.
Devold goes to great lengths to get her message across to the rank and file, like diving out of planes with the Special Ops and leaping into frozen lakes with the infantry.
academic.udayton.edu /MarybethCarlson/news/nytaug24.htm   (3024 words)

  
 Krohn Devold kan bli avhørt - Dagbladet.no - innenriks
Ifølge politiadvokat Kaare Songstad i Hordaland Politidistrikt, vil politiet fortløpende diskutere og vurdere om den tidligere forsvarsministeren skal kalles inn til vitneavhør.
Den videre politietterforskningen får vise om dette endrer seg, og dermed gjør det aktuelt å be henne forklare seg, sier Songstad til Bergens Tidende.
- For oss er dette primært en sak mellom Forsvaret som arbeidsgiver og Atle Karlsvik som arbeidstaker, og ikke noe som involverer Krohn Devold, sier brigader Geir Anda i Forsvarsstaben til Dagbladet.
www.dagbladet.no /nyheter/2005/11/23/450200.html   (887 words)

  
 Little chance of Norwegian woman succeeding NATO chief: report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Norwegian Defence Minister Kristin Krohn Devold, one of the candidates to replace NATO chief George Robertson when he steps down in December, has little chance of being chosen, Norwegian media reported Monday.
is clear: Kristin Krohn Devold is considered a politically active and dynamic person who has done a lot of good work for the Norwegian defence, but she is not really considered to be in the running to be NATO's new secretary general," it said.
Aftenposten said the candidacy of 41-year-old Devold suffered from her limited international experience and the fact that Norway was not a member of the European Union.
www.spacewar.com /2003-a/030616142439.j33xwq2o.html   (293 words)

  
 Devold gir tre dagers frist - Nyheter - NRK Nyheter
Forsvarminister Kristin Krohn Devold har gitt forsvarssjefen en frist på tre dager til å finne ut hvorfor det ble brukt klasebomber i militærøvelser i Norge.
Fra Storingets talerstol fredag var det mange som rettet krass kritikk mot forsvarminister Kristin Krohn Devold.
-Når det gjelder statsråd Krohn Devold er det nå på tide at hun får fart på arbeidet med en integrert ledelse og får endret kommunikasjonsrutinene internt i forsvaret og mellom departementet og forsvaret.
www.nrk.no /nyheter/innenriks/1.507510   (357 words)

  
 Defense cuts 'responsible' - Aftenposten.no
Krohn Devold said Thursday that the highly controversial cuts, which can virtually shut down national naval defense, show that the Chief of Defense is taking responsible financial steps.
Kristin Krohn Devold and Chief of Defense Sigurd Frisvold at an earlier controversy, apologizing for the use of cluster bombs during an exercise in 2002.
In practice this means an immediate halt to most Navy operations and 20 vessels being inactive the rest of the year.
www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article851769.ece   (546 words)

  
 Defence Minister Krohn Devold met the EU Troika to discuss ESDP (Delegation site)
Minister Krohn Devold expressed that Norway is committed to the strengthening of Europe’s capabilities for crisis management and applauds the EU’s efforts to strengthen the European Security and Defence Policy.
Minister Krohn Devold expressed that this liaison element should be developed in parallel with the establishment of a permanent EU staff group at SHAPE, and that it should be a robust element, able to liaise and coordinate in a number of different area of common interest to the EU and NATO.
Minister Krohn Devold declared her intentions to further develop the cooperation with the EU on crisis management by presenting a force contribution to a Nordic Battlegroup together with Sweden and Finland.
www.eu-norway.org /news/newsarchives/Devold-Solana.htm   (492 words)

  
 Kristin Krohn Devold - Wikipedia
Krohn Devold ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder.
Krohn Devold war in die Medienkritik geraten, nachdem Budget-Unregelmäßigkeiten im Verteidigungsministerium sich auf über eine Milliarde Norwegische Kronen aufsummiert hatten und das Parlament leitete Untersuchungen gegen sie ein, die aber frühzeitig beendet wurden.
Krohn Devold stand hinter der Entscheidung Norwegens, sich am Irak-Krieg und am War on Terror in Afghanistan zu beteiligen.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kristin_Krohn_Devold#Weblinks   (170 words)

  
 Forsvarsnett: Weeks 7 - 8: Defence under public scrutiny   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On February 21, Norwegian Defence leaders as well as Kristin Krohn Devold, were however summoned to Parliament to discuss the deficits of 2003, a budget the Norwegian General Accounting Office is yet to accept.
Krohn Devold also emphasised that a number of the iniatives taken, need time to be effective.
It is therefore natural that we also contribute when the process is put into action, says Kristin Krohn Devold, commenting the decision to send a Norwegian delegation to Sudan.
www.mil.no /languages/english/start/article.jhtml?articleID=95545   (1007 words)

  
 NATO Media Library: North Atlantic Council with Invitees - 12 June 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kristin Krohn Devold (Norwegian Defence Minister) with General Harald Kujat (Chairman of the Military Committee).
Kristin Krohn Devold (Norwegian Defence Minister) with NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson.
Kristina Krohn Devold (Norwegian Defence Minister); Ambassador Juan Prat y Coll (Permanent Representive to NATO, Spain).
www.nato.int /multi/photos/2003/m030612c.htm   (238 words)

  
 Krohn.org - Kristin Krohn
Kristin Krohn Devold is a Norwegian politician and is married with two children.
In 2003, She was mentioned as a possible candidate for the position of Secretary General of NATO to replace The Right Honourable Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, but eventually lost out to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
Kristin holds a Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), Bergen, 1985.
www.krohn.org /krohn-bios/kristinkrohn.html   (139 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Rumsfeld Signs Pre-positioning Agreement With Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The memorandum of understanding Rumsfeld and Norwegian Defense Minister Kristin Krohn Devold signed today revises an existing agreement, in place since 1981, that provided for an expeditionary brigade's worth of equipment to be stored at Trondelag, Norway, as part of the U.S. plan to reinforce Norway's defenses during the Soviet era.
Krohn Devold hosted the secretary aboard the Norwegian Coast Guard ship KV Harstad for a dinner cruise in Lysefjord, one of Norway's many intricate coastal waterways.
Norwegian Minister of Defense Kristin Krohn Devold talks to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld during a dinner cruise on Lysefjord, in Stavanger, Norway, June 7.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Jun2005/20050608_1648.html   (488 words)

  
 - Mangler kontroll - Nyheter - NRK Nyheter
Grunnen til at jeg sier det, er at det er noe av det som gjør det mulig for meg å stå rakrygget, sa forsvarsminister Kristin Krohn Devold.
SV-leder Kristin Halvorsen reagerer sterkt på forsvarsministerens utsagn i programmet "Først og Sist" på NRK fredag kveld.
Halvorsen mener Krohn Devold skyver ansvaret for bruken av klasebomber og andre tabber i Forsvaret den siste tiden nedover i systemet.
www.nrk.no /nyheter/innenriks/1.507592   (513 words)

  
 Tips for fjellet i høst - Dagbladet.no - reise
DNT-sjef Kristin Krohn Devold svarte leserne i nettmøte.
I dag hjalp DNT-general Kristin Krohn Devold leserne med å planlegge neste fjelltur.
Den tidligere forsvarsministeren startet som generealsekretær i Turistforeningen i januar.
www.dagbladet.no /dinside/2006/08/23/474729.html   (1995 words)

  
 Defence Minister Devold very pleased with visit to China (Norway - the official site in China)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Minister Devold met General Cao Gangchuan, Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Commission and Minister of Defence.
During her visit, Minister Devold visited a Chinese army brigade and an air division as well as the China National Defence College.
Minister Devold is the third foreign minister to visit the centre.
www.norway.cn /policy/news/kkd.htm   (365 words)

  
 kristin holt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Kristin Kreuk Kristin Kreuk is a Canadian actress, born December 30 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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www.searchtermtrends.com /terms/kristin+holt.html   (874 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Address Krohn Devold MoD Norway - Brussels, 3 October 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Moderator: It is my pleasure to introduce Kristin Krohn Devold who became Minister of Defence of the Conservative Party in Norway just one year ago.
Her background is perhaps ideal for this day and age as a Defence Minister.
Kristin Krohn Devold: In Norway when you meet your neighbour it is a tradition to comment on the weather.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2002/s021003c.htm   (4052 words)

  
 ABC News: Rumsfeld Visits Norway to Sign Base Pact   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Devold greeted Rumsfeld at an air base here wearing a dark blue, traditional Norwegian embroidered dress.
The two ministers and their aides were scheduled to begin their meetings with a dinner boat cruise in a fijord outside the city.
Rumsfeld and Devold also are likely to discuss Norway's contribution of forces to the U.S.-led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=826865   (452 words)

  
 The Sprout. Number 11. July 2002. Graft. NATO MUSICAL CHAIRS, BUT WHO WILL REMAIN WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The other option currently mooted is the feisty Norwegian Defence Minister Kristin Krohn Devold, whose public profile has landed her in a number of compromising positions of late.
Devold is well known to, and well liked by the Pentagon.
She was uncompromising in her support for the US-led invasion of Iraq, having herself photographed at the height of the crisis in full combat fatigues, and has visited the Pentagon and US military bases with near-martial regularity.
www.thesprout.net /graft/graft08.htm   (551 words)

  
 The Norwegians see Hamid Karzai
In this context it would be a blessing for the world if Kristin Krohn Devold became the head of NATO.
Norway is lucky enough just to leave the UN security counsel, with It´s difficult decisions ahead, and Norway express a lot of constructive charm at the moment.
With Kristin Krohn Devold as Nato Leader the constructive forces might bloom and alleviate the burdens on the war thorn Afghan tribes, Palestinians and other small peoples all over the world and create some security!
www.qikrux.com /norwegians_see_hamid_karzai.htm   (415 words)

  
 News from the Washington File
Devold, for her part, said the purpose of her visit was "to express the strong support that Norway has for the Operation Enduring Freedom and the fight against terrorism.
Devold: (Laughs.) Rumsfeld: There always is discussion about the size of a buy on an aircraft, and there has been a discussion within the Department of the Navy, with the Marines.
And obviously it's a matter that is of interest to other people who -- allies and friends who conceivably are interested in the Joint Strike Fighter, as well as to the United States Air Force.
globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/04/mil-020402-usia04.htm   (1537 words)

  
 ABC News: Rumsfeld, Norwegians Sign Military Deal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, flanked by his Norwegian counterpart Kristin Krohn Devold, right, and Major Trudi Skjelde whilst on the bridge of Royal Marine Vessel KNM Harstad, in Stavanger Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
Norwegian Defense Minister Kristen Krohn Devold said the equipment will allow the United States to help defend Norway if necessary and for U.S. forces to train alongside the Norwegian military.
Rumsfeld arrived here Tuesday when he, Devold and their aides began their meetings Tuesday night on a cruise in a fijord aboard a Norwegian coast guard vessel.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=829529&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (409 words)

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