Condoleezza Rice with Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, right, and Jonas Gahr Store of Norway. John Thys/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFrom The New York Times:
BRUSSELS — With the Bush administration’s influence rapidly waning, the United States agreed on Tuesday to support a modest reopening of NATO’s dialogue with Russia, despite Moscow’s continuing occupation of the separatist Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, taken during fighting in August.
It was a concession by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at her final NATO meeting. In return, Germany agreed to allow NATO to accelerate work on preparing Ukraine and Georgia for eventual membership, while postponing any further decisions for the incoming Obama administration.
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My Comment: Everyone is getting ready for the Obama Administration to take over. This meeting is a clear definition of what a lame duck administration is.