US vice president to discuss Afghanistan with NATO allies
US Vice President Joe Biden heads to Brussels on Monday for consultations with NATO allies as a moment of decision looms on a new US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Biden, who holds a day of talks in Brussels Tuesday, will be on his second trip to Europe in a month, and officials said his high-profile journey was a sign of how seriously they took the war policy review. President Barack Obama’s deputy will be tracing the steps of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who met
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