{"589283":{"#nid":"589283","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Former NATO Commander Breedlove Puts Georgia Tech Training Toward Containing Russia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGlobal Atlanta highlighted General Philip Breedlove\u0026#39;s (Civil Engineering 1977) mission as a distinguished professor in the Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpts:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy returning to the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;as a distinguished professor at the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026nbsp;last year, Gen.\u0026nbsp;Philip Breedlove\u0026nbsp;completes a full circle in a career that includes his service as\u0026nbsp;NATO\u0026lsquo;s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the commander of U.S. European Command.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;In his address, he said that the U.S.\u0026rsquo;s opponents \u0026ldquo;are more emboldened, more than they have ever been,\u0026rdquo; while politically the U.S. was divided and needed to become more unified in its understanding of the values it upholds and its politics. \u0026ldquo;To reestablish our national position in the world, we can\u0026rsquo;t do that with two voices out of\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Washington D.C.\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026rdquo; he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe also said that he was concerned by Russia\u0026rsquo;s role in the U.S. elections, but somewhat downplayed his concern saying that the challenges Russia presents to the U.S. \u0026ldquo;are far bigger and impactful than what has happened in any election.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I think that Mr. Putin is incredibly happy with what has happened,\u0026rdquo; he added. \u0026ldquo;He has challenged the legitimacy of democracy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/former-nato-commander-breedlove-puts-georgia-tech-training-toward-containing-russia\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-03-24 21:10:23","changed_gmt":"2017-03-24 21:10:23","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"EXPO 2020","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/former-nato-commander-breedlove-puts-georgia-tech-training-toward-containing-russia\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588747":{"id":"588747","type":"image","title":"General Phil Breedlove","body":null,"created":"1489517170","gmt_created":"2017-03-14 18:46:10","changed":"1536674954","gmt_changed":"2018-09-11 14:09:14","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224374","name":"Unknown.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Unknown.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Unknown.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12769,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Unknown.jpg?itok=KmA4oMPm"}}},"media_ids":["588747"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"125091","name":"breedlove"},{"id":"10536","name":"Nunn School"},{"id":"1650","name":"Russia"},{"id":"102311","name":"Global Atlanta"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}