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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Mon Feb 3, 2014, 09:59 AM Feb 2014

The defense ministers of Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany

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The defense ministers of Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 OP

All women! Way cool! Awknid Feb 2014 #1

amen uponit7771 Feb 2014 #2

Defense Budgets % of GNP Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #3

Did anyone know that the #2 person at the Pentagon is also a woman? TwilightGardener Feb 2014 #4

A couple pretty young too - Norway's just 37 muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #5

Awknid

(381 posts)

1. All women! Way cool!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 10:20 AM

Feb 2014

It will be a miracle if we ever got a woman defense secretary. I certainly won't hold my breath!

uponit7771

(90,378 posts)

2. amen

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:07 AM

Feb 2014

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

3. Defense Budgets % of GNP

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:22 AM

Feb 2014

Norway 1.4%
Sweden 1.2%
Netherlands 1.3%
Germany 1.4%

US 4.4%

Also world ranking data

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

4. Did anyone know that the #2 person at the Pentagon is also a woman?

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:40 AM

Feb 2014

The Top Gun lady, Christine Fox.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,438 posts)

5. A couple pretty young too - Norway's just 37

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 03:41 PM

Feb 2014

From left To right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ine_Marie_Eriksen_S%C3%B8reide 37
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Enstr%C3%B6m 47
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Hennis-Plasschaert 40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen 55

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