On Ground Updates: Afghanistan/Pakistan - September 03, 2009

On Ground Updates:
Afghanistan/Pakistan
DoD Secretary Robert Gates Rejects Reports that Afghanistan War “is Slipping through the Administration’s Fingers”
Thursday, September 03, 2009
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VOANEWS brings us the following report today and it goes in part like this...
...This year has been the deadliest since the U.S.-led invasion into Afghanistan in 2001. And recent U.S. public opinion polls show that a majority of Americans are dissatisfied with continued U.S. involvement there...
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Gates: Afghan War 'Not Slipping Through' Obama's Fingers
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The Washington Post has this report up on their website today...
Pentagon leaders acknowledged Thursday that time is not on America's side in the war in Afghanistan, but they rejected the idea of pulling out U.S. troops and said the resources needed to reverse gains by the radical Islamic Taliban movement are just beginning to arrive...
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Pentagon Officials Defend Afghanistan Strategy
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Star and Strips reports...
President Barack Obama is reviewing the long-awaited Afghanistan assessment, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, and the two will meet early next week to discuss strategy...
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Gates says Obama is reviewing war report

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