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Afghanistan war decision: how Robert Gates thinks

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On one of Bob Gates's first trips to the Iraq war theater after accepting the job as Defense secretary in 2006, he walked a dusty "boneyard" in Kuwait filled with row upon row of the remains of military trucks damaged by roadside bombs and seemed to... Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

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  1. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Michael Mullen take questions from reporters during news conference at the Pentagon November 19, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. In the wake of the Ft.
  2. This undated photo released by Fort Riley shows Staff Sgt. Ryan L. Zorn. The Pentagon says that Staff Sgt. Zorn of Upton, Wyo. , died Monday when the vehicle he was in rolled over near Tal Afar.
  3. US Army Sgt. Maj. Leroy Walker Jr. wipes tears during a candle light vigil on November 5, 2009 at fort Hood, one day after 13 people killed in a bloody rampage.
  4. A new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle called the M-ATV is on display outside the Pentagon on November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.The M-ATV is designed to replace the up-armored Humvee in Afghanistan.
  5. US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) greets the People's Republic of China Central Military Commission Vice Chairman General Xu Caihou (2nd L) at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, October 27, 2009.
  6. ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 01: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Multi-National Force-Iraq commanding general, briefs reporters at the Pentagon October 1, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Odierno briefed reporters on the current state of military affairs in Iraq.
  7. Actor Tobey Maguire poses for a portrait during a tour promoting his new film "Brothers" in New York, December 15, 2009.
  8. WOOTTON BASSETT, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Sian Goodenough (C), fiance of Lance Corporal Adam Drane from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, weeps as his coffin passes mourners lining the High Street on December 15, 2009 in Wootton Bassett, England.
  9. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 15: An Afghan policemen stands guard at the site of a suicide attack near a guest house on December 15, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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  3. US State Department US State Department
  4. Cindy Sheehan Cindy Sheehan
  5. The Pentagon The Pentagon
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