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This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Batchel with Colonel Jeff McCaus in the United States Army, retired CBS News.

Jeff, NATO meeting coming up, you're a veteran of NATO.

Christine Lagarde, the central banker for the European Union, making a very passionate argument in the Financial Times that the Eurozone needs to be a credible currency around the world to offer prosperity and continuity.

Not replacing the dollar being an alternative to the dollar.

Right now the dollar is 58% of the transactions.

Euro is about 20%.

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