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As President Biden travels to Belgium to meet with NATO members about the war in Ukraine, he says the alliance is more united today than ever. The reason: Vladimir Putin.NATO has never faced a test like this mdash; a hot war in Europe that carries the threat of biological, chemical or even nuclear weapons. Though NATO is not defending a member nation, it has grown unified defending everything the alliance was created to preserve.NATO grew out of World War II as a defensive alliance to shield Western Europe from the Soviet Union. America and Europe also wanted to contain Germany, the aggressor nation in both World Wars. The unofficial purpose, as it was quietly rumored at th stanley cup e time, was to keep the Soviets out, to keep the Americans in and to keep the Germans down, h stanley cup istorian Mary Sarotte said.In the late 1940s, the Soviets controlled East stanley cup Germany, marking the beginning of the Cold War.The key to NATO is Article 5, the provision that states an attack on one member nation is an attack on the alliance and that all member nations must respond in common defense. That helped keep the peace for decades. In 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, NATO deployed nuclear missiles as a deterrent. After the 9/11 attacks, NATO came to America s defense, invoking Article 5 for the first time, and NATO forces joined the U.S. in Afghanistan for the next 20 years.In 2004, NATO added seven former Soviet client states as members, and has gradual Duzp The 2019 PGA Championship: How to watch, tee times and pairings for first round play
WIMBERLEY, Texas -- More rain fell on Houston on Wednesday, threatening to complicate the cleanup after a long holiday weekend of storms and floods that left at least 19 people dead and mor salomon e than a dozen others missing in Texas and Oklahoma.The forecast was for 2 to 3 more inches of rain in the Houston area, a day after flooding triggered by nearly a foot of rain in a matter of hours swamped neighborhoods and highways and stranded hundreds of motorists.Houston s emergency operations center confirmed two more deaths Wednesday in a news release, raising the combined Texas and Oklahoma death toll to 19 people. Crews desperate to find a dozen missing in Texas flood 02:45 Crews resumed the search af1 for at least nine people missing and presumed dead after the swollen Blanco River surged through the small tourist town of Wimberley, between San Antonio a salomon nd Austin. Houston Mayor Annise Parker said two people whose boat capsized during a rescue effort were also missing. 911 operators fielded nearly 2,300 calls, many of them from stranded drivers needing help from first responders, reported CBS News correspondent Vicente Arenas.Authorities in South Texas were searching for a 73-year-old woman whose car was found in a ditch submerged in floodwater. The Fort Bend County Sher |
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