Obama Again Invokes Personal Diplomacy to Avert NATO Stalemate.

Steve Flanagan, a European specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the commitment for 5,000 non-combat trainers for the military and police was a “tepid” NATO response.

“It’s the basic minimum,” Flanagan said. “The hard part of the mission is going to become more and more a U.S.-led coalition. You still have the NATO flag but when you look at the numbers, it’s not a great division of labor.”

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