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Martino: "If I will be again Minister of Defence the budget for the Armed Forces will increase to 1.5% of Gdp"

Rome, Italy – Until the end of the year Italian troops will leave Iraq

Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, doesn’t exclude the possibility, if the Italian right parties won the next elections, to present again his nomination for the Ministry of Defence. "In that case", Martino said, "The principal goal should be to increase the budget to for Defence to 1.5% of Gross domestic product, about the double respect today". Minister talked about the mission in which I...

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Rome, Italy, 02/15/2006 17:59
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