Mr. Obamaexpressedsupport on Sunday for a proposal from Prime Minister Lars Lokke RasmussenofDenmarkto pursue a two-step process at the Copenhagen conference.
Also on Friday, Secretary General Rasmussen said the NATO defense ministers agreed to begin a process of identifying criteria for an eventual handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces.
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Mr Rasmussen said Nato had no interest in who won the forthcoming polls, but he added the process should be as inclusive as possible.