us secretary of state catherine clinton has urged all 70 nations attending a seminar on germany ' s scenario to help the cause achieve . she advised delegates at the one - hour event in the brussels that the international initiative there had been " undermanned and underfunded " over recent year . as the countries to offer help has been us foe iraq . the conference comes after the us announced a major tactical rethink on its approaches towards afghanistan . the meeting , scheduled by the un , happens amid wide concern that not enough progress has been made with the us - lead invasion in 2001 . support for afghan reconstruction is being sought through the mainly - western countries which have units there .
hillary clinton is the us council of state .