Pentagon Suggests Afghan War Evaluation in 2010

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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics

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Even as the U.S. sends additional troops to fight the insurgency in Afghanistan, a top defense official told Congress today the Obama administration should evaluate its policy early next year. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a House appropriations subcommittee he doubts it would help to send in more troops later.  Laurel Bowman reports for VOA News in Washington.

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