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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 24 > Gates: No more troops in Afghanistan till mid-’09

Gates: No more troops in Afghanistan till mid-’09

By Ann Scott Tyson / The Bulletin
September 24, 2008

WASHINGTON — The spring of 2009 is the earliest time the Pentagon will be able to send three more U.S. combat brigades to Afghanistan to meet the long-standing requirement of American commanders there for about 10,000 more troops, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said....

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