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Ten Years After 9/11, Discussed By Conference
More than 500 people packed the Chateau Laurier in downtown Ottawa Feb. 24 and 25 for the annual Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) symposium. The speakers at the two-day event were distinguished as always, including Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Dr. John Hamre, president of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in the United States.
The CDA is an umbrella group of military associations of which The Royal Canadian Legion is the largest member. This year the meeting had two themes, Canada-United States security interests 10 years after 9/11 and the Canadian Forces after the combat mission in Afghanistan.
Hamre started [...]






