TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan--NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and Task Force Uruzgan Commander, Brigadier General Tom Middendorp, sit through an operational brief hosted by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command South Commander, Major General Mart de Kruif on March 17, 2009. Bisogniero and other members of the North Atlantic Council were on a one-day special assessment tour of NATO operations throughout Afghanistan. ISAF photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez (RELEASED)