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Defence chiefs fail to solve 'soldiers vs politicos' debate

Security Update - 5 October 2006 05 October 2006 Modified: 05 October 2006 1 views

The biennial meeting of hemispheric defence ministers concluded in Managua on 4 October without having sorted out one of the issues that had attracted the most heated debate during its closed-door sessions: who should continue to manage these encounters — the generals of the Inter-American Defence Board (IADB) or, as up to now, the politicians?

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