NATO Backs Obama’s Afghan Plan but Pledges Few New Troops

Washington Post by Edward Cody | Apr. 5, 2009 (News Report)

NATO allies handed President Obama a broad endorsement of his new Afghan strategy Saturday, pledging the temporary dispatch of 3,000 troops to protect elections next August, new military training teams to strengthen Afghanistan’s army and more civilian experts to... Full Story »

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