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WyldRogue Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 10:08 AM
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Gates vows 'long' Afghan commitment
"U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the Afghan security force needs to be strengthened and more soldiers and police need to be recruited to battle militants, but he added that the U.S. is committed to help Afghanistan for the long haul."

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34321672/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 10:09 AM
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1. Good luck with that, Bobby. n/t
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 10:10 AM
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2. owned by war profiteer corporations and afghan drug lords nt
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 10:19 AM
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3. We'll have a presence there for quite a while.
Why wouldn't we, when we have troops just about everywhere else?
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