From NHK:  The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization says the security alliance could take action if North Korea attacks member nation the United States. . . .

[NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen said NATO members will decide what to do based on specific circumstances if a member country is attacked.

He stressed NATO could exercise its right of collective defense to protect the US.

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