Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General George Robertson was set to visit Washington yesterday for high-level talks on the Iraq crisis as the alliance was set to approve plans to aid member Turkey in the event of war, a NATO official said.
Robertson is expected to see Bush and Powell just three days after alliance members compromised on measures to defend Turkey in preparation for a possible war in Iraq.
Already planning Iraq's postwar future, the White House said the country's oil wealth would go a long way toward reconstruction efforts following any military action to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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