NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis (L) accepts a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO allied troops from former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, 2009 one day ahead of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis (L) accepts a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO allied troops from former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, 2009 one day ahead of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

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  1. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) shakes hands with Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers in Riga October 8, 2009.
  2. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  3. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) speaks as Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers listens during a news conference in Riga October 8, 2009.
  4. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  5. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers (R) arrive to give a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  6. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) listens to Latvian President Valdis Zatlers during a joint press conference on October 8, 2009 in Riga.
  7. NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis (L) accepts a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO allied troops from former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, 2009 one day ahead of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
  8. Admiral James Stavridis, NATO�s recently appointed Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), delivers an address on �NATO: A bridge to the Future� at the Royal United Services Institute, in London, on October 2, 2009. NATO must make better use of networking sites and other social media to explain to the public what it does, its new supreme allied commander in Europe said Friday -- starting with his own Facebook page. Admiral James Stavridis, who took over as NATO's top commander in Europe in July, admitted that 'not everybody loves us' and the military alliance must seek out new ways to convince people of its role in global security.
  9. NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis (L) accepts a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO allied troops from former Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, 2009 one day ahead of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
  10. FILE - In this Friday Oct. 23, 2009 file photo U.S. Secretary for Defense Robert Gates, left, shares a word with U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal, right, and the top allied commander for Europe Admiral James Stavridis, center, during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, slovakia. NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives later in November, officials said on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. The one-day conference by military officials fits into a plan by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, to expand the Afghan National Army from its present strength of 94,000 troops to its authorized level of 134,000.

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