French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that terrorism posed the greatest threat to France and that the country's defences needed to reflect that.
He is presenting a major overhaul of the armed forces which includes cuts to the size of the military and France's return to the NATO command structure. Sarkozy said the threat of terrorism is real and immediate and that a smaller, more mobile army could respond to it better. Bush saying 'au revoir' in Paris ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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