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Robert Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early

By Associated Press
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -
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PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama’s announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

Without giving specifics, Gates said, "It would have to be conditions-based."

 
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, inspects troops as he tours the training grounds of Camp Blackhorse in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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