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		<title>AP Interview: NATO&#8217;s top commander foresees &#8216;bad days,&#8217; ultimate victory in Afghanistan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONS, Belgium — NATO may face tough losses as Taliban guerrillas gain ground in the escalating war in Afghanistan, but ultimately the alliance will win, NATO&#8217;s supreme commander said Wednesday in his first interview since taking charge.

U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, 54, said he did not know if reinforcements will be required from European allies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stavridis takes helm as supreme commander at NATO; says Afghanistan &#8216;far from hopeless&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONS, Belgium — NATO&#8217;s new commander said Thursday that the situation in Afghanistan remains &#8220;very challenging,&#8221; but that the Taliban and other insurgents can be defeated.

At his swearing-in ceremony at NATO&#8217;s military headquarters in southern Belgium, U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis argued that the war is winnable, even as the Taliban makes gains eight years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO replaces top soldier with sailor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONS - NATO Tuesday appointed a US admiral to take charge of all its military operations, including the ground war in Afghanistan, as the former commander, General Bantz J. Craddock, retired.



NATO&#8217;s top planning committee has appointed Admiral James Stavridis as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), at the request of US President Barack Obama, a [...]]]></description>
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