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Gates To Afghans: U.S. Is 'In This Thing To Win'

Dec. 8, 2009
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrives in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and U.S. troops that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011. Gates was scheduled to meet privately with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and later with...
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