NATO won’t name headquarters after John McCain, secretary general says

Published September 14, 2018 4:21pm ET



NATO has no plans to name its new headquarters after the late Sen. John McCain despite requests from the public, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.

The alliance has no tradition of naming buildings after politicians and will find some other way to honor McCain, who was a major supporter of the alliance, Stoltenberg said during an appearance at the Heritage Foundation think tank.

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