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DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES PLEDGES MORE RESOURCES TO FIGHT PROTRACTED WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
December 11, 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today pledged more resources to top commanders in southern Afghanistan for what he said likely will be a protracted fight.

Gates met with Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, for an update on progress and . . .

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