- Bend Bulletin main site
- Bend Bulletin archives
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy
- Contact the Bulletin
- Comments/Questions?
Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
June 5, 2011
KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan.
On his 12th and final visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, Gates held out the....
