On January 26th, NATO ambassadors will start talking about who should replace Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as secretary-general when he steps down this summer.

1月26日，北约各国大使将就新秘书长的人选展开会谈，而现任秘书长夏侯雅伯将于今年夏天离任。

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NATO's new secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, will make bold claims in Istanbul for his Afghan mission.

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"President Allawi will have an answer on what he has asked, " de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday.

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"I'm optimistic that we will leave the summit ... with more troop commitments, which is necessary in Afghanistan, " Scheffer told CNN from Bucharest, Romania, where the summit is being held.

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