Posted on 09/22/2003 11:18:26 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:08:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BRUSSELS — NATO selected Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as the alliance's new secretary general yesterday, picking a diplomat-turned-politician to help ease tensions between the United States and key European allies over the Iraq war.
After a nine-month search, ambassadors from the 19 NATO nations agreed on Mr. De Hoop Scheffer to replace Britain's George Robertson, whose four-year term ends Jan. 1.
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