U.S. To Place 12,000 Troops Under Direct NATO Command In Afghanistan
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. will allow 12,000 soldiers in Afghanistan to come under the direct command of NATO military officials. The move will help streamline decision making and command, and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the move will happen "very soon." U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld says the transfer is "a bold step forward for this alliance." "It is very difficult for a commander managing the forces from ... 35 or 40 different countries - NATO nations as well as non-NATO nations - when he is not able to move forces around and to have them go where they're needed, when they're needed to do the things that needed to be done."
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