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KABUL (AFP)--U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington's new strategy to send 30,000 more military personnel to fight the Taliban.
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied Sunday that President Barack Obama had set an exit strategy for Afghanistan, and he forecast only a "handful" of U.S. troops may leave the country in July 2011, when a withdrawal is to begin.
The goal of the Afghanistan surge is limited: to break the Taliban's momentum by July 2011. Plenty of US troops will remain in Afghanistan after that to continue work on longer-term goals, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates Sunday.
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s decision to bolster the US military presence in Afghanistan is aimed in part at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table on US terms, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates discuss the war in Afghanistan with Bob Schieffer. Plus; Schieffer weighs in on the Tiger Woods saga.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. hasn't had intelligence on Usama bin Laden in years, but National Security Adviser Jim Jones speculates he is in North Waziristan and freely crossing the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The United States does not know where Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is and has lacked reliable information on his whereabouts for years, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told ABC News on Sunday.
The United States does not know where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding and has not had any good intelligence on his whereabouts in years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.
Just as in Iraq, the U.S. eventually will turn over provinces to local security forces, allowing the United States to bring the number of troops down steadily, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
In an interview with Bob Schieffer on "Face The Nation" Defense Secretary Robert Gates noted the difference between a proposed deadline and the U.S.' plan to transfer responsibility to the Afghan government.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States' relationship with Afghanistan is going to begin changing in July 2011.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied Sunday that President Obama had set an "exit strategy' for Afghanistan , and he forecast that only a "handful" of U.S. troops might leave the country in July 2011, when a drawdown is scheduled to begin.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for two years to four years more. Just as in Iraq, the U.S. eventually will turn over provinces to local security forces, allowing the United... Afghanistan - Robert Gates - United States - United States Secretary of Defense - United States armed forces
The United States does not know where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is hiding and has not had any good intelligence on his whereabouts in years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
Members of the U.S. government offered apparently conflicting statements Sunday regarding Sept. 11, 2001 mastermind and Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. National Security Adviser and retired general James Jones says the terror mastermind spends his time between the Afghan-Pakistan border, while Defense Secretary Robert Gates insists the United States hasn't had any good intel on ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates left open the chance, though, that the number of troops returning from Afghanistan then could be small. Read more...
