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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives at the EU council headquarters in Brussels, ahead of a European Union extraordinary summit, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives at the EU council headquarters in Brussels, ahead of a European Union extraordinary summit, November 19, 2009.

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BRUSSELS | Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:00pm EST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Sweden is proposing Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy for the post of EU president and Britain's Catherine Ashton to become the EU's foreign policy chief, diplomats said on Thursday.

"(Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik) Reinfeldt is currently briefing European Parliament President (Jerzy) Buzek and is informing him of his intention to put forward the name of Van Rompuy and Ashton," an EU diplomat diplomat said.

Another diplomat said: "It looks like there is a critical mass of support for Van Rumpuy and Ashton, but it is not yet certain since they are still in the meeting."

(Reporting by Darren Ennis and Bate Felix, writing by Marcin Grajewski, editing by Luke Baker)
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