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Tillerson to meet NATO on March 31, ending no-show furor
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Fri Mar 24, 2017 | 3:17pm EDT
Tillerson to meet NATO on March 31, ending no-show furor
By Robin Emmott and Lesley Wroughton | BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet NATO foreign ministers at a rescheduled gathering on March 31, a senior State Department official said on Friday, ending a furor over his earlier decision to skip the event.
Reuters exclusively reported on Monday that Tillerson had decided not to attend his first meeting with the ministers, originally scheduled for April 5-6 - raising fears about the new U.S. administration's commitment to the military alliance.
But the State Department official said the meeting in Brussels had been brought forward and would now go ahead. There was no official statement from NATO.
Tillerson's potential no-show had increased unease caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's description of NATO as "obsolete" during his election campaign.
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Tillerson to meet NATO on March 31, ending no-show furor
By Robin Emmott and Lesley Wroughton | BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet NATO foreign ministers at a rescheduled gathering on March 31, a senior State Department official said on Friday, ending a furor over his earlier decision to skip the event.
Reuters exclusively reported on Monday that Tillerson had decided not to attend his first meeting with the ministers, originally scheduled for April 5-6 - raising fears about the new U.S. administration's commitment to the military alliance.
But the State Department official said the meeting in Brussels had been brought forward and would now go ahead. There was no official statement from NATO.
Tillerson's potential no-show had increased unease caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's description of NATO as "obsolete" during his election campaign.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tillerson-nato-idUSKBN16V1T0
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The agenda stays the same.
Putin must have patted him on the head and said, "If you must, go. We understand. 
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