11.   He wants to reinforce the Atlantic alliance.

12.   If that means the end of the Atlantic alliance, so be it.

13.   In doing so, the president said, the Atlantic alliance needs to engage Moscow.

14.   In fact, the split in the Atlantic alliance is growing wider by the day.

15.   In NATO, Washington is arguing that the Atlantic alliance should take the lead in a global fight to stop terrorists from getting or using germ weaponry.

16.   Indeed, talk of expanding the Atlantic alliance to the east means that former Warsaw Pact adversaries are now described here as partners for peace.

17.   It might also alarm Americans, who thought the Atlantic alliance merely obliged them to come to the defense of European democracies.

18.   More broadly, the attacks mark an important watershed for the Atlantic alliance.

19.   Missile defense will not add to U.S. security if it undermines the cohesion of the Atlantic alliance.

20.   NATO, the Atlantic military alliance spawned and shaped by the Cold War, has taken an important step toward restructuring itself for the needs of a new era.