In a photo provided by the Dept. of Defense, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with personal security detail members while waiting for a flight in Kabul, Afghanistan Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Secretary Gates is on his first trip back to southwest asia after President Obama agreed to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Dept. of Defense, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison)