Rumsfeld's NATO deal to put 12,000 additional US troops in Afghanistan

During the meeting, the ministers approved extending NATO's control of military operations across all of Afghanistan - a move that Rumsfeld hailed as a "bold step forward" for the alliance. Under Rumsfeld's new arrangements, as many as 12,000 additional American troops will be put under foreign battlefield command, a number that U.S. officials said could be the most since World War II.