Will NATO’s Prodigal Son Return?
Few state visits have lasting results. Nicolas Sarkozy’s just completed trip to Washington may be an exception, because he may bring NATO a highly valued present for its 60th anniversary in the spring of 2009: France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure.
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PARIS -- Few state visits have lasting results. Nicolas Sarkozy’s just completed trip to Washington may be an exception, because the French President may be preparing to bring NATO a highly valued present for its 60th anniversary in the spring of 2009: France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure, from which Charles de Gaulle withdrew in 1966.