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August 31st, 2009 at 7:59 pm

Gates: Report details highs, lows of Afghan fight (AP)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates talks with the media while visiting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas.An on-the-ground military review of the war in Afghanistan is likely to paint a grim but realistic view of what is needed to win it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. (AP Photo/Tom Pennington)AP - The United States and NATO need a new strategy to defeat the Taliban, the top commander in Afghanistan said Monday as he delivered a classified assessment that is widely seen as the groundwork for a fresh request to add more American forces next year.


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