Canada's Defense Minister Peter MacKay, second right, listens on as U.S. Secretary for Defense Robert Gates, left, shares a word with U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal, right, during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers in Bratislava, Friday Oct. 23, 2009. General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, planned an unexpected appearance Friday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers focused on making Afghan security forces responsible for fighting the war there.
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Virginia Mayo)