NATO still deadlocked on Iraq training role: Scheffer
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Several NATO countries have voiced reservations about a proposal to expand the alliance's training role in Iraq, blocking an expected final agreement, NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer warned.
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NATO must do more to help train and equip Afghanistan&#39;s national army, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said here Friday.
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BRUSSELS NATO allies agreed on Wednesday to send hundreds of instructors to run a training center for Iraq&#39;s armed forces. This comes after it addressed French concerns that had delayed a deal for a week.
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Struggling to muster more troops for Afghanistan and take on an expanded training mission in Iraq, NATO defense ministers will aim this week to advance reforms that would let the alliance mobilize faster for ...
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NATO members need to do more to boost   their force in Afghanistan in the battle against the Taliban   despite significant pledges of more troops, alliance   Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he does not know when the United States will have trained enough Iraqis so they can adequately secure the country and begin replacing American troops now helping provide protection.
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NATO envoys neared agreement Wednesday on a limited expansion of the alliance's training mission for the Iraqi military after the United States and France narrowed differences over the scale and command of the operation.
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In an unprecedented departure from  NATO practice, several alliance members will not allow their  own officers assigned to NATO's two command centers to  participate in its first collective postwar mission in Iraq, a  senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Thursday he was counting on Germany to operate in any volatile part of Afghanistan in case of need, not just in the more peaceful northern sector.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed irritation Thursday with six NATO members that have barred their military officers from an alliance-approved program to train Iraqi forces.
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In a fresh sign of lingering tensions over the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Thursday rapped European allies who declined to assist a NATO-led Iraq training mission as "hurting the credibility and cohesion" of the military alliance.
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In an unprecedented departure from NATO practice, several alliance members will not allow their own officers assigned to NATO's two command centers to participate in its first collective postwar mission in Iraq, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged alliance countries to take action to lower civilian casualties from fighting in Afghanistan on Friday, saying such incidents could undermine the mission.
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was paying a snap visit to Iraq, notably to meet leaders of a military training mission being set up by the alliance.
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At least six NATO allies are refusing to send military instructors to help the United States train Iraqi officers, another impediment in the Bush administration's drive for support for its effort to pacify Iraq.
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NATO envoys again failed Monday to finalize an agreement to expand the alliance's military training mission in Iraq, but officials said they expected a deal in the next two days.
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands  - NATO will keep its 16,000-strong force in the breakaway Serb province Kosovo at full strength for "all eventualities", Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Wednesday.