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Friday, November 19, 2010

At NATO Summit, Members Weigh Afghan Strategy, New Global Mission -- Washington Post



LISBON - President Obama and dozens of other world leaders began a NATO summit meeting Friday to set strategy in Afghanistan for the next four years and agree to a new global mission to take the alliance into the 21st century.

In the opening session of the two-day meeting, the 28 alliance members plan to adopt a new Strategic Concept, their first in more than a decade. The document will pledge retention of NATO's nuclear deterrent while promising to work toward reduction in weapons and an eventual nuclear-free world.

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More News On NATO's Lisbon Summit

Nato to debate Afghanistan at crucial Lisbon summit -- BBC
NATO to Unveil 'Strategic Concept' At Lisbon Summit -- Voice of America
U.S., allies look to take NATO from Cold War relic to relevance now -- CNN
Nato must continue operations 'beyond our borders' -- The Telegraph
At Portugal NATO meeting, Obama to discuss Afghanistan; Medvedev to focus on missile shield -- L.A. Times
NATO's Lisbon meeting agenda: Afghan withdrawal and emerging threats -- Christian Science Monitor
NATO Leaders To Define A New Mission -- NPR
Lisbon summit sees "turning point" for Nato‎ -- BBC
Lisbon beefs up security ahead of NATO summit -- Xinhuanet
NATO seeks to tackle identity crisis -- Xinhuanet

NATO to turn Afghan security control over by 2014 -- Yahoo News/AP
Obama arrives at NATO summit with a revised US strategy in Afghanistan: Stay past 2014 -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama Administration Tries to Reconcile Afghanistan Pullout Messages -- FOX News
Obama Calls On NATO To Reaffirm Afghan Commitment -- Radio Free Europe
Unpopular Afghan war presents challenge to NATO -- L.A. Times
We'll be in Afghanistan as long as it takes to finish the job, vows Nato chief -- The Daily Mail
Afghanistan handover issue hangs over NATO summit -- FOX News
Afghanistan In Lisbon. NATO Debates A New Strategy. -- NPR
NATO readies for 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
NATO: Combat role in Afghanistan could pass 2014 -- Yahoo News/AP
US to use Iraq as blueprint for Afghan withdrawal -- The National
How Afghanistan views the NATO summit -- Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor
Afghanistan High on Lisbon NATO Summit Agenda -- Voice of America
Nato to debate Afghanistan at crucial Lisbon summit -- BBC
Unpopular Afghan war presents challenge to NATO -- L.A. Times
NATO to back gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Reuters

Nato woos Russia at its talks on Afghan policy -- The Independent
NATO to Offer Medvedev a Warm Embrace at Summit -- Moscow Times
NATO, Russia Move Toward Cooperation -- Voice of America
Barack Obama, Dmitri Medvedev to talk missile defense -- Politico
Nato defence shield accord expected -- Press Association
As summit begins, NATO missile shield a test of Turkey's allegiance -- Deutsche Welle
Nato-EU relations remain unresolved: Turkish sources -- World Bulletin

Nato command structure 'faces cut' -- Press Association
NATO to Call For Retention of Nuclear Deterrent -- Global Security Newswire
Germany and France in nuclear weapons dispute ahead of Nato summit -- The Guardian
U.S. Nukes in Europe Unnecessary -- Micah Zenko, Council On Foreign Relations

There is no alternative to a NATO-Russian partnership -- Martin Kuebler, Deutsche Welle
Next, a NATO-Russia Strategic Concept -- Oksana Antonenko and Igor Yurgens, New York Times
NATO's missing agenda item in Lisbon -- Ian Brzezinski, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
Searching for a new NATO strategy -- Euronews
For 60 years, Nato kept the peace in Europe. What now? -- Martin Kettle, The Guardian
NATO tries to reinvent itself at Lisbon summit -- Christian Science Monitor editorial

Obama on three-goal mission at NATO summit -- UPI
Obama seeks to show Europe he still cares -- AP
Obama's 'Beast' of a limo stands out at green NATO summit -- AFP
At NATO summit, Obama's ride is talk of the town -- Christian Science Monitor
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