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Then-NATO SecretaryGeneral Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a press conference at the start of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ** FILE **

Some nations could send troops to defend Ukraine, says ex-NATO chief

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is greeted as he steps off his plane as he arrives, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Tillerson is returning from a seven country trip. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

US belatedly compiles list of off-limits Russians

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Belatedly, Trump admin finishes list of off-limits Russians

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron as NATO leaders meet regarding Afghanistan at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. From left are, Secretary of State John Kerry, the president, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Uncertainty of Afghan election clouds NATO summit

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A pro-Russian fighter holds a gun during a handover of the bodies of Ukrainian troops killed in a plane shot down near Luhansk, at a check point in the village of Karlivka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The two sides managed to arrange a brief truce Wednesday evening in the eastern town of Karlivka to allow pro-Russian forces to hand over the bodies of 49 Ukrainian troops who died when the separatists shot down a transport plane bound for the airport in Luhansk last weekend. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

NATO: Russia sent thousands of troops back to Ukraine border

By Vladimir Isachenkov and John-Thor Dahlburg - Associated Press

Two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilots fly in formation during a training exercise March 16, 2010, at Moody Air Force, Ga. Members of the 74th Fighter Squadron performed surge operations to push its support function to the limit and simulate pilots' wartime flying rates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Wiseman) **FILE**

Removal of military gear limits options for U.S., NATO in Ukraine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

EU agrees to work more closely with NATO

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses before answering a questions during a joint news conference with EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the EU-US summit meeting, Wednesday, march 26, 2014, at the EU Council building in Brussels, Belgium. Obama is on a one day trip to Belgium to shore up commitments he received from allies in The Hague, Netherlands, to reassure Eastern Europeans members of NATO that the alliance will stand by them and to make a larger point about European security a quarter-century after the fall of the Iron Curtain.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Amid Russia’s seizure of Crimea, Obama urges NATO members to ‘chip in’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks about &quot;The Future of the Alliance: Revitalizing NATO for a Changing World,&quot; Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at The Brookings Institution in Washington. As it steels itself against westward Russian advances, NATO may find itself stretched too thin to maintain a broad military mission in Afghanistan by its member states beyond this year. U.S. officials said having to divert troops and resources, if not withdrawing completely, from Afghanistan to secure NATO states would be an unintended casualty of the West’s new focus on containing Moscow. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Will Afghanistan security take backseat to Europe?

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during media conference, prior to a meeting of defense ministers of the North Atlantic Council, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Frustrated with his Afghan counterpart, U.S. President Barack Obama is ordering the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year. But Obama is also holding out hope that Afghanistan's next president may eventually sign a stalled security agreement that could prevent the U.S. from having to take that step. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO head: No Afghan deal means no troops past ‘14

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

EU defense ministers gather in Athens

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Russia slams West’s support for Ukraine opposition

Associated Press

NATO secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy chat during the 50th Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. A three-day security meeting continues. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

NATO leaders say Afghan troops need more training

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (from left), Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo greet one another during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The officials hope to persuade Afghan leaders to let international troops remain in the war-torn country beyond 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO seeks clarity on troops in Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media, during his monthly briefing at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The NATO Secretary General said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria cries out for a strong international response since otherwise it would give the go-ahead to any dictator around the world to use such weapons with impunity. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen: ‘Convinced’ Syria used chemical weapons

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey

By Bradley Klapper and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. NATO’s top official said the alliance remains committed to help enable Afghan forces to assume full responsibility for the country’s security. (The Associated Press)

Karzai says military, police ready to take over security

By Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) speaks during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Karzai: NATO can speed up handover of security to Afghans

By Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

NATO behind Turkey to hit back at Syria

By Barbara Surk And Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

NATO backs Turkey in standoff with Syria

By Frank Jordans and Slobodan Lekic - Associated Press