Gates Said to Oppose Force Shift to Afghanistan« Thread Started on Dec 6, 2007, 10:52am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gates Said to Oppose Force Shift to AfghanistanNew York Times - 10 hours agoread at source> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/world ... ei=5087%0A
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday. By THOM SHANKER BAGHDAD, Dec. 5 - Senior Pentagon and military officials said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates had decided against a proposal to ...