Reports: Turkey asked U.S. not to share missile defense intel with Israel - Laura Rozen
Last week, Defense Secretary Bob Gates told the American Turkish Council that the United States was not pressuring Turkey to accept NATO’s plans to place missile defenses in Turkey. But he added, the United States is looking to Turkey to vote in favor of the ballistic missile defense system at the NATO summit in Lisbon next month.
“The U.S. has engaged Turkey in political and military dialogue on its potential technical and operational contributions should NATO adopt this approach,” Gates said. “Contrary to some press reports, we are not pressuring Turkey to make a contribution. But we do look to Turkey to support NATO’s adoption at the Lisbon Summit of a territorial missile defense capability.”