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NATO summit stories: 14 news summaries

(Newser) - Michelle Obama presented her new amie Carla Bruni with a hard-rockin', all-American gift today: a Gibson guitar, People reports. The two first ladies, who first met yesterday, kissed hello and held hands briefly during a tour of a cathedral and museum in Strasbourg. Obama also agreed to help... More »

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Michelle Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • guitar • gift • Carla Bruni • Strasbourg • NATO summit • President Obama

Turkey Opposes US Choice for NATO Chief

Mohammed cartoon row may lead them
to block Danish PM

Apr 3, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among the tasks facing NATO leaders this weekend is the selection of a new secretary-general for the 28-member alliance. The leading candidate is Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, who has the support of the US and other major powers. But today Turkey opposed his candidacy, the Telegraph reports,... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • NATO • Muslims • Anders Fogh Rasmussen • Danish Mohammed cartoons • NATO summit

 Screaming Crowds 
 Greet Obama in France 

Ahead of NATO summit, president sits down with Sarkozy

Apr 3, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama left Britain for France today, arriving to cheering crowds in Strasbourg along the Franco-German border. Ahead of this weekend's NATO summit, Obama held a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, who recently returned France to full membership of the military alliance after decades on the sidelines. Obama will be pushing... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Strasbourg • NATO summit

ANALYSIS

60 Years On,
NATO Faces
Identity Crisis

Alliance struggles for meaning after end of Cold War

Apr 3, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is in Strasbourg for a NATO summit, but on the 60th anniversary of the alliance's founding, its future seems increasingly muddy. Founded on a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union and its satellite states, NATO now stretches as far as Turkey and provides most of the peacekeeping... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • NATO • Kosovo • Cold War • NATO summit

 French Cops 
 Battle NATO 
 Rioters 

Violence follows G20 leaders to Strasbourg for NATO summit

Apr 3, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - French cops clashed violently with rioters in Strasbourg last night as G20 leaders prepared to head there for a NATO summit today. Hundreds were detained by police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets at rampaging masked protesters, reports the BBC. Shop windows were smashed and cars and bus stops... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • London • police • France • riots • Britain • G20 • Strasbourg • protesters • NATO summit • teargas

US Can Turn 70% of Afghan Taliban: Biden

Largest group of insurgents just hired mercenaries, VP says

Mar 10, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A majority of the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are just hired guns whose loyalties could be bought by the US, Joe Biden said today. “Five percent of the Taliban is incorrigible, not susceptible to anything other than being defeated,” the vice president said. “Another 25% or so... More »

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Joe Biden • NATO • Taliban • mercenaries • Anbar • Bill Maher • Sunni insurgents • NATO summit • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

 US Inviting 
 Iran to 
 Afghanistan 
 Meeting 

Rejecting Bush approach, she wants Tehran at conference table

Mar 6, 09 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has announced the US is inviting Iran to a major conference on Afghanistan this month, setting up the first possible face-to-face meeting between Tehran and the Obama administration. The secretary of state said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Iran could play a critical role in stabilizing... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • Hillary Clinton • NATO • secretary of State • nuclear weapons • Bill Maher • NATO summit • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

Russia Blocks UN Effort to End Georgia War

Moscow refuses call
to withdraw troops
to pre-conflict lines

Aug 20, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has rejected a draft Security Council resolution seeking to end the violence in Georgia, reports the BBC, by rejecting the UN body's call to return to its pre-conflict positions. Russia, which wants to keep its troops inside South Ossetia, said that the clause contradicts last week's ceasefire. Moscow holds... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia • ceasefire • NATO summit • UN Security Council • UN resolution

Promising to Leave, Russia Amps Up Forces in Georgia

NATO divided on response to Moscow

Aug 18, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite promises from the Kremlin and ultimatums from the American and French presidents, Russia is stalling on its promise to withdraw from Georgia, reports the Guardian. The Russian military has moved ballistic missile launchers into South Ossetia, and its troops remain entrenched near Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. But ahead of... More »

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Russia • NATO • diplomacy • Nicolas Sarkozy • Georgia • George W. Bush • NATO summit • South Ossetia

Pentagon May Boost US Troops in Afghanistan

Number would be highest since war began

May 3, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon may send 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan to make up for a NATO shortfall, administration officials say.The move would bring US troop levels there to 40,000 and require relocating American forces from Iraq, the New York Times reports. While NATO countries have promised to send... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Pentagon • France • Georgia • US military • Ukraine • George W. Bush • NATO troops • NATO summit

Bush Pledges More Troops for Afghanistan

Gates confident new administration will honor promise to NATO

Apr 4, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US will boost the number of its troops committed to NATO's effort in Afghanistan in 2009, President Bush told fellow alliance members at this week's summit, Reuters reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates related the pledge to reporters as he left the Bucharest summit. He didn’t specify a figure,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • NATO • US military • US troops • supply chain • George W. Bush • NATO summit

UPDATED

NATO Sides With Bush on Missile Defense Plan

But alliance leaders won't back US on inviting Ukraine, Georgia

Apr 3, 08 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - NATO today backed a plan by President Bush to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, the New York Times reports, but would not go along with encouraging Ukraine and Georgia to pursue membership in the alliance. Both steps had been opposed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is... More »

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Russia • NATO • US foreign policy • Vladimir Putin • missile defense system • George W. Bush • NATO summit

 Bush Asks NATO for More 
  Afghanistan Troops  

President sets agenda ahead of NATO summit

Apr 2, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush urged his NATO allies to join Romania and France in committing more troops to the war in Afghanistan. “We cannot afford to lose in Afghanistan,” he said. “Whatever the cost, however difficult…we must win.” The speech comes ahead of a major NATO... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Georgia • Ukraine • George W. Bush • NATO troops • NATO summit

NATO Faces
a Split Over Afghanistan

US says alliance could become 'two-tiered' unless others pull their weight

Feb 6, 08 5:43 PM CST
(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that NATO risks splitting into a "two-tiered alliance" because some members aren't willing to pull their weight in Afghanistan. The vast majority of the fighting against the Taliban in the country is done by Canadian, British, American and Dutch troops, and those... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Robert Gates • Condoleezza Rice • Gordon Brown • NATO summit

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