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...Afghanistan behind the U.S.; while other European countries have sent troops only for nation-building exercises in stable parts of the country, the Brits (along with the Canadians) have taken heavy casualties. In his first speech as the new head of the alliance on Monday, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen reiterated that NATO's priority must be the war in Afghanistan. "NATO is a strong military alliance, and we need a strong military effort in Afghanistan," he said. (See TIME's photos of the new U.S. Marine offensive in Afghanistan...
...Anders Fogh Rasmussen must be a dynamic leader who can rebuild NATO's unity on a number of issues, beginning with the mission in Afghanistan." - Sally McNamara, Heritage Foundation European Affairs specialist, Heritage.org, July...
...support for the war effort aside, Rasmussen has criticized the U.S. detention of enemy combatants in Guantánamo Bay and secret overseas prisons...
...Largely as a result of the cartoon controversy, Turkey opposed his selection as NATO Secretary-General, claiming he would impede support for the alliance from Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Turkey relented after President Obama personally intervened during April's NATO summit in Strasbourg, holding a private meeting with Rasmussen and Turkish President Abdullah...
...Married, with two daughters and a son. Fit and handsome, Rasmussen once prompted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to remark, peculiarly: "Rasmussen is the most handsome Prime Minister in Europe. I'm thinking of introducing him to my wife...