NATO - next SECRETARY GENERAL

Ben Wallace

The Race Is on to Be NATO’S Next Chief

1. British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace is a name that gets mentioned, as is former British Prime Minister Theresa May’s name.

Ben Wallace may have Jewish origins, but, he is said to be a 

'pro-Iran' defense secretary

Freeland

2. Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister of Canada, according to Foreign Policy‘s sources (and a New York Times report), is backed by Washington.

The Canadian press reported that her grandfather was involved with the Ukrainian nationalist movement and edited Krakivski Visti, which has been described as a Nazi propaganda daily that was highly antisemitic.

3. Jens Stoltenberg may stay on as Secretary General.

U.S. President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a NATO summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on March 24, 2022.

The Race Is on to Be NATO’S Next Chief

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