NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has praised coalition forces in Afghanistan for showing what he called remarkable “restraint and professionalism” in the face of anti-coalition violence following the burning of copies of the Quran on a U.S. military base. During a NATO seminar in Washington Tuesday, Rasmussen said that despite the wave of violent […]
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Obama meets NATO chief, discusses Afghan transition
November 8, 2011 
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WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama met NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and the two men discussed how next year’s alliance summit in Chicago would shape a planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. Obama and Rasmussen spoke in the Oval Office in a meeting opened briefly to still photographers but closed to reporters, and the White House said the two men also reviewed NATO’s […]
Read moreObama to hold talks with top-level NATO official
November 7, 2011 Comments Off
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is starting the week with a routine White House day highlighted by talks withAnders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN’-derz fohg RAHS’-moo-sihn), the secretary-general of NATO. Rasmussen recently hailed the alliance for successful completion of its mission in Libya, where longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafiwas located and killed and the nation is making a transition to a […]
Read moreNATO chief to meet Obama in Washington
November 7, 2011 Comments Off
Washington — NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will hold talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday, one week after the alliance ended its mission in Libya. Rasmussen will also meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and members of the US Senate, his press office […]
Read morePhotostream : NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai
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NATO vows to stay out of Libyan conflict
February 24, 2011 Comments Off
KIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 24 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Western military alliance will not intervene in the Libyan conflict. Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday the alliance has received no such requests and that in any case any intervention must be based on aUnited Nations mandate. He made the comments in Kiev where he was on […]
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