An American official says the NATO summit has agreed to back plans to put a missile defense system in Europe.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen launched a new web-based television channel meant to improve understanding of the Alliance roles, operation and missions at the NATO Summit in Bucharest.

As NATO leaders gathered in Romania for summit talks, U.S. President George W. Bush urged the alliance to continue to expand eastward and to increase its presence in Afghanistan.

As talks among NATO leaders get under way in Bucharest, much of the emphasis will be on what the alliance can and should do to help stabilize Afghanistan. France is expected to announce additional troop deployments and U.S. President George W. Bush has appealed to NATO allies to step forward with more forces as well.

Leaders from the 26-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization hold their summit this week in Bucharest, Romania. Topping the agenda will be what to do to help stabilize Afghanistan and what additional countries NATO may invite to join the alliance.

U.S. President George W. Bush says he strongly supports a bid by Ukraine and Georgia to start the process of NATO membership.

U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Ukraine - the first stop on a European tour that will also take him to Croatia, Russia and the NATO summit in Romania.

President Bush leaves Monday for a European visit including a NATO summit in Romania and talks about U.S. missile-defense plans with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Bush is heading to Europe Monday for visits to Ukraine, Croatia, Russia and the NATO summit in Romania.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart George W Bush have discussed an upcoming NATO-Russia summit in a telephone conversation.

Senior British diplomat Paddy Ashdown says defeat is a real possibility in Afghanistan, unless NATO changes its strategy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the U.S. and NATO for military expansion toward Russia's borders and said his nation would respond to "new threats" by modernizing its weapons systems.