Posted on 03/10/2009 3:51:34 AM PDT by Loyalist
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Peter MacKay's long-shot bid to become the next NATO secretary general may have received a powerful boost from Washington.
Reports that MacKay has the backing of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, and that Vice-President Joe Biden will be touting Canada's candidacy when he heads to Brussels today, have sparked fresh interest in the secretive selection process that NATO uses to pick its leaders.
The deliberations over who will lead the western military alliance in Afghanistan, manage relations with Russia and improve ties between Europe and North America are in their final stages.
A decision on who will replace Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, a former Dutch foreign minister, is expected to come out of the NATO summit in France next month.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
The dimmest bulb in Stephen Harper's Cabinet gets the backing of an even dimmer bulb.
Like attracts like, I suppose.
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