NATO to appoint new chief this evening, Merkel says

Baden, Germany, April 03, SPA --German Chancellor Angela Merkel said
she expected NATO to choose a new secretary general as early as
this evening, dpa reported.
"We want to establish the succession this evening," Merkel told
journalists in Baden-Baden ahead of a meeting in the German city with
US President Barack Obama.
Like most other NATO leaders, Merkel supports Danish Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to succeed Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as
NATO chief. The Dutchman has said he will leave his post at the end
of July.
Turkey is so far the only NATO country to have voiced opposition
at Rasmussen's appointment.