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Italian Adm. Di Paola: "Rationalizing spending to encourage the national defence evolution"

Rome, Italy - Italian Chief of General Staff proves convinced about the need for favouring the armed forces transformation to face the new threats

Italian Chief of General Staff, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, commented recently on the evolution of the national defensive system. Admiral, paraphrasing some statements by President of Italian Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, about the necessity for rationalizing spending "In order to avoid of decreasing compared with some some international standards", actually transposed President's thought on a defence...

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Rome, Italy, 11/09/2004 14:36
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