WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday praised British Prime Minister Tony Blair for releasing a report in London that further makes the case Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace in the world.
   Blair released a dossier this morning compiled by British intelligence that outlines the presumed extent of Hussein's weapons of mass destruction program. He said the British intelligence agency responsible for keeping him informed believes Hussein has continued to build his chemical and biological weapons programs after more than a decade of flouting U.N. sanctions that require open access to international weapons inspectors.
   "Prime Minister Blair … is a very strong leader, and I admire his willingness to tell the truth and to lead," Bush said in comments to the press after a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
   Bush and Blair continue to pound home the same message. "He continues to make the case, like we make the case, that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace," Bush said of Blair. More

  WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 24, 2002 — NATO ministers today demonstrated "overwhelming" support for the alliance to improve its military capabilities to meet 21st century threats, a senior DoD official said here.
   This morning, the official said, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met with NATO Secretary-General George Robertson. The secretary, the official added, opined to Robertson that NATO, like the United States, should pursue military transformation in order to better prepare for asymmetrical threats caused by a changed security environment.
   The official said Rumsfeld emphasized that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America illustrated how peaceful nations are now exposed to the threats posed by terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. This situation, the defense secretary pointed out to Robertson, requires lean, agile forces able to deploy within days instead of months. More

    WARSAW, Poland, Sept. 24, 2002 — The Cold War is over and NATO must now plan and prepare for 21st century challenges such as terrorism, the alliance's senior leader said here Tuesday.
   Kicking off two days of informal defense ministerial meetings, Secretary-General George Robertson remarked to defense ministers, diplomats and senior military from NATO's 19 member nations that the world has changed since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. More