S&S - U.S.-Poland pact to bolster forces and boost role in NATO

From my archive of press clippings:

Stars and Stripes

U.S.-Poland pact to bolster forces and boost role in NATO


By Mark Abramson, Stars and Stripes


European edition, Sunday, February 22, 2009


The U.S. and Polish militaries have signed an agreement that is intended to bolster Poland’s special forces and enhance how it operates within the NATO military command structure.

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Snippet(s):

"The deal was signed Thursday by U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and his Polish counterpart, Defense Minister Bogdan Klich, according to a press release from the American Forces Press Service, part of the U.S. Department of Defense.

The document, signed in Krakow, Poland, is the only official memorandum of understanding the U.S. Special Operations Command has."

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"(T)he pact will: help increase the size of the Poles’ special operation forces from 1,500 to 3,500 by 2012; help it create a senior staff headquarters; and improve its English-speaking capabilities."