US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in Strasbourg, France at the conclusion of the NATO summit. NATO leaders chose Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the military alliance's next secretary general on Saturday after Obama smoothed over Turkish objections at a summit in France. (AFP/DDP/Torsten Silz)NATO Backs Obama's Afghan Plan but Pledges Few New Troops -- Washington Post
STRASBOURG, France, April 4 -- 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 consolidate its government.
The promises, at a two-day summit marking NATO's 60th anniversary, constituted a sweeping demonstration of support for the new administration's leadership in what has become the alliance's main mission of the moment. But they dramatized once again that European leaders are unwilling to follow Obama's lead in making major new commitments of troops to fight and perhaps die in a faraway war that is widely unpopular among their voters.
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More News On The NATO Summit
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan -- New York Times
Afghanistan, US Leadership Dominate NATO's Historic 60th Anniversary Summit -- Voice of America
NATO Drags Feet Over Forces for Obama's Afghan Offensive -- The Times
Obama Wins NATO Backing for Afghanistan -- Washington Times
NATO Boosts Afghanistan Presence -- Wall Street Journal
NATO Pledges More Troops for Afghanistan, But Not Combat Forces --Los Angeles Times
Anti-NATO Rioters Clash with French Police -- Wall Street Journal/AP
French minister defends police over NATO protests -- Reuters
Rifts, riots spoil NATO party -- Dallas News
Bitter Turkey finally lifts veto on Danish PM as Nato chief -- The Guardian
Obama brokers controversial NATO appointment -- The Hill
NATO leaders agree to resume direct talks with Russia -- China View
NATO announces resumption of Russia-NATO Council work -- RIA Novosti