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Published 1/16/2009 by Karen DeYoung at Wash Post Obama Administration
Britain's defense chief yesterday sharply criticized NATO's other European members for failing to do their part in Afghanistan, saying some of them had "limited appetites" for the operation and preferred "freeloading on the back of U.S. military security."
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