NATO Nears Agreement on Iraq Expansion
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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he hoped that international support for training Iraqi security forces would broaden at a NATO summit later this month.
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Several NATO nations, encouraged by the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq, are offering to train Iraqi security forces in their own countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday.
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NATO defense chiefs will try to put  differences on Iraq behind them and agree to do more in  Afghanistan at a meeting in France starting Wednesday, two  weeks before President Bush visits Europe.
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After launching wars in Afghanistan and Iraq while largely bypassing NATO, the Bush administration is now pressing for an expanded role for the alliance in both countries and signaling a new readiness to work more closely with its NATO allies.
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Escalating bloodshed and political  tension in Iraq will shadow President Bush at a NATO summit  this week where he hopes to persuade Europeans to do more to  quell violence in Afghanistan.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed Wednesday to expand the training of Iraqi security force officers at a facility outside Baghdad in preparation for planned elections in January.
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NATO defense ministers pledged today to speed the deployment of 300 trainers to Iraq by the end of the year, a program intended to field more Iraqi security
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NATO foreign ministers December 9 reiterated the alliance's commitment to peace, stability and democracy in Afghanistan, to expanding training assistance for Iraq, and to maintaining a robust presence in ...
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An agreement to expand a Nato mission for training Iraqi military officers has been delayed after France and Belgium voiced last-minute doubts.
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Iraqi and European Union officials agreed Thursday to pursue closer energy ties, bringing the EU a step closer to turning Iraq into a major supplier and reducing its dependency on Russia.
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A US-Iraq security pact won't set troop levels now, but it could set the stage for long-term strategy.
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The United States and Iraq hope to sign   an agreement by next week to hand operational command of Iraq's   new army to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, an aide said on   Monday, after wrangles on wording had held up the accord.
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BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Thursday to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six
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NATO diplomats approved on Friday a detailed outline of their plan to send around 300 military instructors to Iraq following talks with the U.S. general leading the drive to rebuild the country's armed forces.
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President Bush plans to propose offering five countries an expanded relationship with NATO at a summit of the alliance next week in Riga, Latvia, the State Department said Tuesday.Comment
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said  on Tuesday he expected an agreement on the training of Iraqi  security forces at an upcoming NATO summit that could see more  countries send troops.