Wolfowitz Touts Alliance With Turkey.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Dep. Defense Sec. Paul Wolfowitz - Brief Article

The United States considers Turkey one of the strongest allies in preserving security and NATO's influence in Europe, said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. "Turkey stood with us in the Korean War and is standing with us today as a vital NATO partner," said Wolfowitz in a speech to the U.S.-Turkish Relations conference in Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Timothy Kinnon, vice director of the Pentagon's J5-JT staff, pointed out that 80 percent of the world's crises have taken place within close proximity to Turkey: the Balkans, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Syria and...