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Robert Gates Says Afghan Drawdown Timing Is Flexible

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Obama administration and the Pentagon tried on Thursday to reassure worried senators, telling them that plans to begin withdrawing American troops in July 2011 are definite, yet flexible enough to give American military commanders the discretion they need.

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WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Obama administration and the Pentagon tried on Thursday to reassure worried senators, telling them that plans to begin withdrawing American troops in July 2011 are def...
WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Obama administration and the Pentagon tried on Thursday to reassure worried senators, telling them that plans to begin withdrawing American troops in July 2011 are def...
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