Terri
10-19-2009, 07:18 AM
By LARA JAKES
Associated Press
October 19, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's chief is undertaking the tricky task of trying to persuade allies to remain committed to the war in Afghanistan even as the Obama administration debates whether to send more troops to fight.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is undecided -- at least publicly -- on whether to order more forces to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, as his top commander there has requested, or to focus more narrowly on al-Qaida terrorists believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Gates departed Sunday on a weeklong mission to Japan, Korea and Slovakia -- in part to ask NATO partners and Asian allies for continued contributions to a war now in its ninth year.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/october/1019_gates_afghan.sh tml)
Associated Press
October 19, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's chief is undertaking the tricky task of trying to persuade allies to remain committed to the war in Afghanistan even as the Obama administration debates whether to send more troops to fight.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is undecided -- at least publicly -- on whether to order more forces to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, as his top commander there has requested, or to focus more narrowly on al-Qaida terrorists believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Gates departed Sunday on a weeklong mission to Japan, Korea and Slovakia -- in part to ask NATO partners and Asian allies for continued contributions to a war now in its ninth year.
More (http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/october/1019_gates_afghan.sh tml)