Saturday, May 09, 2009

DTN News: Afghanistan TODAY May 9, 2009 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

DTN News: Afghanistan TODAY May 9, 2009 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON/KABUL - May 9, 2009: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, center, conducts a town hall meeting with U.S. Marines and other military service personnel at the Forward Operating Base Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Thursday May 7, 2009.
There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, despite concerns over increasing violence between Pakistani troops and Taliban militants.
Speaking to about 300 Marines at in Afghanistan on Thursday, Gates assured them that they wouldn't be fighting in the neighboring sovereign nation.

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