US presidential hopeful McCain warns Europeans on Afghanistan
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Sceptical European allies came under pressure from a leading contender for the US presidency to provide more troops for Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first directly elected president, Hamid Karzai, has warned that the country must face down radical extremists and defeat the drug trade.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Sunday said the United States should step up it's war on drugs as part of efforts to secure the country's borders.
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The US government has warned its citizens in Nordic and Baltic states of the threat of imminent terrorist attacks, the BBC said Monday.
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With the United States turning up pressure on European allies to stump up more troops for Afghanistan, reports here Saturday suggested Germany is considering sending reinforcements.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday that isolating Iran and strengthening Arab allies are keys to stabilizing the Middle East.
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Washington will send more troops to Afghanistan if need be, Sen. John McCain said Saturday, while urging European allies to send their troops to the country's restive south.
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NICE, France  - The United States will call on its  European NATO allies on Thursday to commit more forces to  alliance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as both sides try to  mend ties across the Atlantic.
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The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said.
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates rallied European support for operations in Afghanistan as backing from key ally Poland appeared threatened by a change of government after elections.
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John McCain argued Thursday that the United States would be safer with him as president than if his leading Republican rivals were commander in chief as he seized on newfound opportunities to revive his weakened candidacy.
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Republican presidential frontrunner Sen. John McCain on Thursday defended his statement that U.S. troops could spend "maybe 100" years in Iraq -- saying he was referring to a military presence similar to what the nation already has in places like Japan, Germany and South Korea.
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European nations need to think more seriously about how terrorism affects them, even in such far-off places as Afghanistan, NATO's secretary-general said Thursday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates  made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war  in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge  worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida.
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Senior U.S. senator John McCain on  Saturday urged European nations to shoulder more of the burden  in Afghanistan, by doing more to fight the booming illegal  opium trade and easing fighting restrictions on their soldiers.
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Sen. John McCain will campaign this week with President Bush in Florida, New Mexico and his home state of Arizona, Bush's campaign said Saturday.