NATO Secretary General JENS STOLTENBERG makes a whistle stop in Ottawa today to pick up an award before heading back to Washington. Props to schedulers who found an opening in the secretary general’s schedule. Stoltenberg has been in and around Capitol Hill since Monday, meeting President JOE BIDEN, members of the Senate foreign relations committee and U.S. Secretary of State ANTONY BLINKEN.— The window: Today is Juneteenth, a federal holiday in the United States. An opportune opening for a quick flight to Ottawa for a chin wag with Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU.Stoltenberg will be on the Hill to receive the NATO Association of Canada’s 2024 Louis St. Laurent award for outstanding service to peace and security.The prize, named after the late PM who signed the NATO treaty in 1949, confirming Canada’s membership in the military alliance. The prize named in his honor does not have a long history and is a bit obscure

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