Giving up NATO command would pose challenges, US general says

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Any move to give up the United States' role as the head of NATO forces in Europe would pose challenges, including the command and control of nuclear weapons on the continent, the head of U.S. forces in Europe said on Thursday.

Officials have told Reuters that President Donald Trump's administration is considering no longer having a U.S. military official as NATO's supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR), a position that has only ever been held by an American.

U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli, who is currently the head of U.S. European Command and SACEUR, said that it would pose challenges to nuclear command and control and the potential of U.S. troops being led by a non-U.S. military official.

"I think those are things would have to be considered carefully," Cavoli said.