Gates: We have not neglected Afghanistan
During a trip to Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that the United States has not neglected Afghanistan and lists the troop deployments the U.S. has sent there. (0:33)
September 17, 2008
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September 19th, 2008 at 8:05 am
[...] strategy change for Afghanistan is under consideration due to rising violence in the country and he insisted the U.S. has not neglected Afhganistan. Yet no real troop decisions for Afghanistan, where our forces are already stretched too thinly, [...]